The Minnesota Wild zeroed in on Mats Zuccarello as free agency approached, desiring his competitive drive and playmaking skills for a top-six forward group in need of a new look. With a five-year, $30 million contract the right wing agreed to Monday when the market opened, Zuccarello has given the Wild another thirtysomething core player […]

Mike Modano has decided to return to his NHL roots in Minnesota. The Hall of Fame center was named Thursday as the executive adviser to Wild owner Craig Leipold and president Matt Majka, a newly created position that Modano will assume on Sept. 1. Leipold and Modano often communicated by text message during Wild games […]

The subject of Bruce Boudreau’s future with the Minnesota Wild, the coach said, had not been broached with general manager Paul Fenton until a reporter quizzed the boss about it while they sat next to each other at the podium for their season-ending news conference. ”Well, it’s nice to know you’re working That’s a good […]

As the Minnesota Wild crawled to the end of this fruitless season, there was no more fitting way to finish. Back-to-back blanks. The consecutive shutouts by Boston and Dallas gave the Wild a total of 11 games without a goal in 2018-19, pushing them to 27th in the NHL in scoring out of 31 teams. […]

BRUINS 3, WILD 0 Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 47th of his career, and short-handed Boston beat Minnesota. Joakim Nordstrom, David Pastrnak and Zach Senyshyn scored for Boston. Halak, who has split time with Tuukka Rask in goal for Boston this season, was rarely challenged by a […]

The Boston Bruins officially know their playoff opponent. They will host the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Pesky star Brad Marchand managed to reach the 100-point mark — the first player in a Boston uniform to do that since Joe Thornton in the 2002-03 campaign — during his […]

The Wild are officially eliminated from playoff contention despite a 5-1 rout of the Jets at The X. With Colorado’s win last night, Minnesota was knocked out of the postseason race. Zach Parise scored twice in his return from injury for the Wild, who have won two-of-three. They host Boston tomorrow in their home finale […]

The Winnipeg Jets have made themselves at home on the road with a franchise-record 21 victories away from Manitoba. The Jets (46-29-4) look to add to that total and strengthen their hold atop the Central Division on Tuesday when they visit the Minnesota Wild in the second contest of a regular season-ending four-game road. Winnipeg […]

Darcy Kuemper made 36 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Josh Archibald scored two goals and the Arizona Coyotes kept their playoff push going with a 4-0 victory over Minnesota on Sunday. It was Kuemper’s second shutout in three games and the Coyotes moved within one point of Colorado for the second wild-card […]

Wild at Vegas with simple strategy: Must win Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said the message to his team is pretty simple heading into Friday night’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas. “They know what they have to do,” Boudreau said. “Where we are (in the standings), it’s about winning. Not coming […]