Matt Hackett

The Minnesota Wild lost 3-0 to Washington Sunday afternoon. Minnesota is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with the loss. Mathew Hackett had 20 saves for Minnesota and Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 1 assist for Washington. The Wild played without Matt Cullen (broken finger), Niklas Backstrom (lower body injury), Matt Kassian (strained groin), Jared Spurgeon (concussion) and Justin Falk (leg injury).

The Minnesota Wild won 4-2 at Los Angeles Thursday night to win their 6th straight game. Matt Hackett made his first NHL start and had 42 saves in net for the Wild. Darrell Powe had a goal and an assist and Marco Scandella, Mikko Koivu and Cody Almond each scored a goal for Minnesota. Devin Setoguchi missed the game and will miss at least 2 more with a knee injury.

The Minnesota Wild won 2-1 at San Jose Tuesday night but goaltender Josh Harding left the game in the first period with a neck injury. Harding sustained the injury when Wild defenseman Nick Schultz hit Harding in the face with his glove while trying to protect the net. Rookie Matt Hackett replaced Harding and had 34 saves while allowing no goals.