It would seem Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau has an itch. And he’s been scratching it. In the first half-dozen games of the season, Boudreau has sat healthy forwards Victor Rask, Ryan Donato and Kevin Fiala on various nights. All three players were acquired by former general manager Paul Fenton last season. Whether those three […]

MAPLE LEAFS 4, WILD 2 Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists and Toronto overcame a slow start and beat Minnesota. Andreas Johnsson had a goal and an assist, and Auston Matthews and John Tavares also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen made 27 saves. Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly added four assists in the […]

The Ottawa Senators are riding the momentum of a big win as they head into a matinee affair with the Western Conference’s Minnesota Wild on Monday. Owners now of a lone win in its first four contests, at least the Canadian capital city’s side can claim that its single victory was a noteworthy one as […]

Kyle Connor and Jack Roslovic scored 28 seconds apart in a three-goal third period as the Jets pulled away for a 5-2 win over the Wild in Winnipeg. Patrik Laine tallied twice, including an insurance marker late in the third. Blake Wheeler also lit the lamp as the Jets improved to 3-2-and-0. Laine added two […]

Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau is expecting his winless team to come out playing angry in Thursday night’s game at Winnipeg. It’s the third of a three-game, season-opening road trip for the Wild, who lost 5-2 at Nashville and 4-2 at Colorado following slow starts. Minnesota fell behind 2-0 in the first six minutes on Saturday […]

The Nashville Predators begin their quest for a third consecutive Central Division title on Thursday night when they host the Minnesota Wild in the season opener for both teams. Nashville finished with 100 points in the 2018-19 season to edge the Winnipeg Jets and the eventual Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues, both of whom […]

Minnesota Wild defenseman Greg Pateryn has undergone surgery on his midsection and will be out about six more weeks. The Wild said Tuesday the procedure for a bilateral core muscle repair went as planned in Philadelphia. Pateryn missed most of training camp because of the injury. The seven-year veteran was starting his second season with […]

The St. Louis Blues will look a lot like the team that won the franchise’s first Stanley Cup when the puck drops for the NHL’s season-opening game against the 2018 champion Washington Capitals. Ryan O’Reilly, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, knows the season won’t be quite the same even if many […]

JETS 5, WILD 4 (overtime) In St. Paul, Minnesota, Josh Morrissey scored at 1:09 of overtime to lift Winnipeg past Jets to a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. Mathieu Perreault, Adam Lowry, Jack Roslovic and Mason Appleton also scored for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck and Laurent Brossoit split time in net. Hellebuyck started and allowed […]

WILD 2, STARS 1 At Dallas, Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves and Jordan Greenway and Jason Zucker scored to help Minnesota beat Dallas. Radek Faksa scored for Dallas, and Anton Khudobin stopped 21 shots. ### Copyright © 2019 TTWN Media Networks LLC