Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild lost 5-1 at Philadelphia Tuesday night. Minnesota has lost 14 of their last 16 games and is 22-17-7 this season. Darrell Powe scored the lone Wild goal and Josh Harding had 29 saves. Minnesota was outshot 34-26.

The Minnesota Wild will play the next 4-6 weeks without center and captain Mikko Koivu. He sustained a separted shoulder in Saturday's game at St. Louis. Koivu said when the injury happened that he thought it was worse than in actually is.

The Minnesota Wild lost 5-2 at Chicago Thursday night. Dave Bolland scored 2 goals for the Blackhawks. Devin Setoguchi and Kyle Brodziak each scored a goal for the Wild. Josh Harding had 17 goals but 4 goals allowed and was benched in favor of Matt Hackett. Hackett forced 8 shots with 8 saves.

The Minnesota Wild will play the forseeable future without wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard because of another suffered concussion. Bouchard took an inadvertent elbow to the head a week ago against Vancouver. He missed a combined 104 games over 2 seasons from 2009-2011 because of a previous concussion. Bouchard says he's not able to exercise until is current headaches subside.

The Minnesota Wild downed San Jose 5-4 in an overtime shootout Tuesday night. Mikko Koivu scored the game-winning goal in the shootout. Matt Cullen scored a goal in regulation and one in the shootout. Cal Clutterbuck had a goal and an assist and Casey Wellman had 2 assists for the Wild. Josh Harding had 34 saves for Minnesota.

The Minnesota Wild will play without Pierre-Marc Bouchard again after he was diagnosed with another concussion. Bouchard was scratched from Tuesday night's game against San Jose. He missed all but 1 game in the 2009-2010 season with a severe concussion. Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher says Bouchard's symptoms this time are "nowwhere near as severe" as 2 years ago.

The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 at Calgary Saturday night and have now lost 11 of their last 12 games. The game was scoreless through 2 periods before Calgary scored 3 times in the 3rd. Dany Heatley scored the lone Wild goal and Niklas Backstrom had 33 saves.

The Minnesota Wild lost 3-0 at Vancouver Wednesday night and Minnesota has lost 10 of their last 11. Roberto Luongo had 28 saves to earn the shutout in net for the Canucks. Josh Harding had 32 saves for the Wild. Minnesota was outshot 35-28.

The Minnesota Wild ended their 8-game winless streak with a 4-3 home win over Edmonton Thursday night. Niklas Backstrom improved to 16-0 against Edmonton at home in his career. He had 27 saves. Marek Zidlicky had 3 assists and Mikko Koivu, Dany Heatley, Jordan Palmer, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard each scored a goal for the Wild.

The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Nashville Wednesday night. Dany Heatley scored the game-tying goal with 3:59 left in regulation. Josh Harding had 24 saves for Minnesota. The Wild outshot Nashville 35-25. The Wild still earn a point for the overtime loss.