Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Suter scored just over two minutes apart in the second period as the Wild held on to beat the Lightning 3-2 in St. Paul. Zach Parise [[ puh-REE-zee ]] opened the scoring for the Wild, who put an end to a four-game losing streak. Alex Stalock stopped 18 of the […]

While the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to find ways to win, the losses are piling up for the Minnesota Wild. The surging Lightning look to hand the Wild a season-high fifth consecutive defeat on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn. Two days after its potential season-defining 10-game winning streak ended with a 3-1 loss at […]

Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists in his first game back from abdominal surgery and the Pittsburgh Penguins rolled past Minnesota 7-3 on Tuesday night. Crosby needed less than eight minutes to pick up his first point since before Halloween, assisting on Evgeni Malkin’s first goal of the night 7:57 in. Crosby added […]

The Penguins won all three games on a trip against teams in the top half of the Western Conference, all by 4-3 scores — one in regulation, one in overtime and in Sunday’s eight-round shootout at Arizona. “It was obviously a great trip,” said Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan, whose team hosts the Minnesota Wild on […]

CANUCKS 4, WILD 1 Elias Pettersson scored his 21st goal and fellow All-Star Jacob Markstom stopped 23 shots in Vancouver’s victory over Minnesota. Bo Horvat added two goals – the second into an empty net with 5.7 seconds left – and Troy Stecher also scored for the Canucks. They’ve won nine of 11 and picked […]

(St. Louis Park, MN)  —  The Wild took their practice outdoors on Thursday morning to the outdoor facility at the St. Louis Park Rec Center.  Everyone participated other than Mikko Koivu (flu) and Carson Soucy (maintenance). A standing room only crowd was in attendance, including a number of young kids, to watch Wild head coach […]

(Dallas, TX)  —  The 2021 NHL Winter Classic will be hosted by the Minnesota Wild at Target Field, the home stadium of the MLB’s Twins. NHL officials announced the site for next Winter Classic during this season’s game Wednesday at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. Minnesota’s opponent for the next New Year’s Day game will […]

The Minnesota Wild enter Tuesday night’s game with the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in fifth place in the Central Division. The Wild, however, have plenty of opportunity to make up ground with a stretch of games that sees them play 16 of 19 contests at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. That attractive […]

ISLANDERS 3, WILD 1 Ryan Pulock and Matt Martin scored a 1:37 span early in the third period and struggling New York rallied to beat Minnesota. Tom Kuhnhackl scored late and Semyon Varlamov stopped 25 shots for New York. The Islanders won for the second time in its past six games. Ryan Donato scored for […]

The Minnesota Wild looked like a team heading nowhere just seven games into the season. Four losses to begin the year and a 1-6 mark midway through October had Minnesota searching for answers. The Wild since have found their stride and put themselves back into the playoff hunt as the calendar approaches 2020. Minnesota has […]