WILD vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS 7 p.m. Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul. All-Time Wild Record: 29-32-7 (16-13-4 at Xcel Energy Center, 13-19-3 at San Jose) 2019-20: Minnesota went 1-2-0 in its three season meetings against San Jose…The Wild fell in the first season meeting, 6-5, at SAP Center at San Jose (11/7), suffered a 2-0 […]
Wild skate past Anaheim 3-2
(Anaheim, CA) — Joel Eriksson Ek scored the go-ahead goal less than two minutes into the third period as the Wild edged the Ducks 3-2 in Anaheim. Ryan Hartman scored a shorthanded goal and Nick Bonino also lit the lamp for the Wild. Kaapo Kahkonen made 22 saves for Minnesota, which improved to 3-and-1. Nicolas […]
Wild make trade
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired defenseman Ian Cole from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Greg Pateryn. Cole, 31 (2/21/89), owns two shots, four hits and two blocked shots in two games this season. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound native of Ann Arbor, Mich., collected 26 […]
Wild blanked in Anaheim 1-0
(Anaheim, CA) — Anaheim’s Nicolas Deslauriers scored the lone goal in the third period as the Ducks clipped the Minnesota Wild 1-0 in Anaheim last night. John Gibson stopped all 34 shots he faced for Anaheim. The Ducks picked up their first win of the season. The Wild went 0-for-5 on the power play and […]
Wild rookie scores game-winner in OT over Kings
(Los Angeles, CA) — Minnesota Wild rookie Kirill Kaprizov made a splash in his N-H-L debut as he scored the overtime winner in a 4-3 win over the Kings in Los Angeles last night. The Wild rallied from a 3-1 deficit with a pair of third period goals by Victor Rask and Marcus Foligno to […]
Wild ink Foligno to extension
Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Marcus Foligno to a three-year, $9.3 million contract extension ($3.1 million AAV) through the 2023-24 season. Foligno 29, (8/10/91), tallied 25 points (11-14=25), a plus-8 rating, 30 penalty minutes (PIM) and 184 hits in 59 games with Minnesota […]
NHL targeting January 1st return
Commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday night the NHL is targeting a Jan. 1 start for next season. That declaration came after recent talks between the league and NHL Players’ Association. The new date is a month after the tentative Dec. 1 start. ”It was just over a week ago that we celebrated the successful completion […]
Wild trade Dubnyk and Donato, keep Soucey and Sturm
The Minnesota Wild traded goalie Devan Dubnyk and forward Ryan Donato to the San Jose Sharks in two separate deals Monday, continuing their makeover under general manager Bill Guerin. For Donato, the Wild received a third-round pick in the 2021 draft. The Sharks parted with their fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft for Dubnyk and […]
Wild make a trade
The Buffalo Sabres acquired veteran center Eric Staal in a trade that sent forward Marcus Johansson to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. The trade was the first completed by newly hired Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams, who took over after Jason Botterill was fired in June. Adams is very familiar with Staal, as they were […]
Wild ink Brodin to extension
The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Jonas Brodin to a seven-year, $42 million contract extension Tuesday, making another long-term commitment to a key piece of their blue line group. Brodin’s new deal will begin with the 2021-22 season and carry a $6 million annual cap charge through 2027-28. ”The value in Jonas is his defensive play. […]