Minnesota Wild News & Opinion

Penguins Top Wild – Rust Tallies Two

The Canadian Press | December 21, 2018

PITTSBURGH — Bryan Rust scored two goals to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Thursday night.
Rust put Pittsburgh ahead to stay when he scored his ninth of the season 8:12 into the third period. Rust has at least one goal in f…

Sharks Shutout Wild – Couture Scores Twice

The Canadian Press | December 19, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Logan Couture scored twice and Martin Jones made 26 saves for his first shutout this season and the 20th of his career in the San Jose Sharks’ 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.
Joe Pavelski added his 21st goal for …

Flames Overcome Wild on Tkachuk’s Winner

The Canadian Press | December 15, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Matthew Tkachuk scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period for Calgary, David Rittich made 34 saves, and the Flames beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Saturday.
Mark Giordano scored short-handed in the first period for the P…

Wild Bury Panthers – Niederreiter Nets a Deuce

The Canadian Press | December 14, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nino Niederreiter scored twice, Ryan Suter had three assists and Devan Dubnyk finished with 30 saves as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Thursday night.
Eric Staal, Zach Parise and Jonas Brodin also scored for M…

Wild Maul Canadiens – Dumba Scores a Deuce

The Canadian Press | December 12, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Matt Dumba scored twice, Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves and the Minnesota Wild took out some recent frustrations on the Montreal Canadiens in a 7-1 victory Tuesday night.
The Wild scored four times in the second period to recover from a l…

Oilers Drill Wild – Draisaitl & McDavid Lead

The Canadian Press | December 8, 2018

EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl scored twice and added an assist and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their second game in a row with a 7-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zack Kassian, Al…

Flames Blank Wild on Smith Shutout

The Canadian Press | December 7, 2018

CALGARY — Mike Smith posted a 31-save shutout for the Calgary Flames in a 2-0 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
Calgary’s goaltender earned his second shutout of the season and improved to 5-0 in his last five games.
Elias Lindholm scor…

Wild Snap Slump With Win Over Canucks

The Canadian Press | December 5, 2018

VANCOUVER — A pair of goals from Jason Zucker led the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night.
The victory snapped the Wild’s three-game losing streak and extended a slump that has seen the Canucks post a sin…

Maple Leafs Beat Wild – Kadri Nets the Winner

The Canadian Press | December 1, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nazem Kadri broke a tie with 3:20 to play and Zach Hyman scored twice in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Hyman added an empty-net goal in the final minute to seal Toronto’s fourth straig…

Riley Nash Notches Goal and Assist as Blue Jackets Beat Wild 4-2

The Canadian Press | November 29, 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Riley Nash had a goal and an assist, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Thursday night.
Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin also scored to help the Blue Jackets move ahead of Wash…

Brent Who? Wild’s Dumba Is Top-Scoring D-man in NHL

The Canadian Press | November 28, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — More than seven years have passed since the Wild traded Brent Burns.
Finally, there’s a reason in Minnesota to stop wincing about dealing away one of the NHL’s most potent defencemen.
Matt Dumba leads all blue-liners in the league wit…

Josh Archibald Pots 2, Coyotes Edge Wild 4-3

The Canadian Press | November 27, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Josh Archibald had two goals and an assist, and the Arizona Coyotes rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit and defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Lawson Crouse and Michael Grabner also scored for Arizona, which s…