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Wild win 3-1 to hand Maple Leafs third straight regulation loss
TORONTO (AP) — Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second...
Wild sideline Kaprizov for at least a month, with surgery needed on lingering lower-body injury
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery on the lingering lower-body injury he recently returned from and will be sidelined for at least a month. General manager Bill Guerin said during practice on Tuesday that Kaprizov is expected to be back with...
Wild bring back Kaprizov and Spurgeon from injuries for game against Utah
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have managed to hold together a highly competitive team all season despite a series of injuries that have sidelined several of their most important players. Their lineup got a big boost Thursday when star Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared...
Vejmelka makes 26 saves, Hayton scores twice in Utah's 4-0 victory over the Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season, Barrett Hayton scored twice and Utah beat the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Thursday night for its third straight victory. Clayton Keller and Lawson Crouse also scored, and defenseman Nick DiSimone...
Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber score 3rd period goals in the Wild's 3-1 win over the Avalanche
DENVER (AP) — Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for Minnesota. ...
McDavid scores twice, Oilers beat Wild 5-3 for seventh win in eight games
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Wednesday for their seventh win in eight games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also had a goal and...
Marc-Andre Fleury makes 36 saves as the short-handed Wild beat the Sharks 3-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves, Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy scored, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night. The Wild, without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov and several other key players, earned their fifth win in...
Nathan MacKinnon has goal and an assist in Avalanche's 6-1 victory over Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and his NHL-leading 53rd assist of the season to help the Colorado Avalanche rout the Minnesota Wild 6-1 on Thursday night. Mikko Rantanan and Logan O'Connor also each had a goal and an assist, Ross Colton, Parker Kelly and Artturi...
Wild list of key injured players piles up with defensemen Brodin and Faber out vs. Avalanche
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players, leaving them out of the lineup for their game against Colorado on Thursday night. Brodin's status is day to day. He has a lower-body injury from...
The Minnesota Wild have made resilience a valuable habit, halfway through a banged-up regular season
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild wouldn't need much time to identify a theme for their first half of the regular season — unfazed ought to do it. In a fitting finish to their 41st game, the Wild reached the midpoint of the schedule in taxing fashion by fending off the...
