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4 Takeaways from the Wild’s Loss to Utah
The Minnesota Wild hosted the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, in their third meeting of the season. After being injured, they welcomed Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon back to the lineup,
Hockey Day dud, as Wild’s home woes continue
For the Minnesota Wild, getting key players healthy and back into the lineup is turning out to be just the first step in what is a longer-than-expected process of getting their groove back. Returning to winning hockey games with the likes of Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon in the lineup remains an elusive goal.
End result of Wild's fight-filled night is a loss to the Predators
Matt Boldy's power-play goal 2 minutes, 28 seconds into the third period cut it back down to a two-goal game, but Forsberg scored his second of the night unassisted 16 minutes, 20 seconds into the frame, and Brady Skjei scored an empty-netter with 1 minute, 49 seconds remaining to put the finishing touches on a Predators victory.
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Wild even one score against Nashville, but another gets out of hand
Nashville's Luke Schenn, left, and the Wild's Marcus Foligno fight during the first period Saturday. (Mark Humphrey/The Associated Press)
Guerin: 'No excuse whatsoever' for Wild's play of late
The Minnesota Wild may be fresh off a win over the Chicago Blackhawks, but general manager Bill Guerin still isn't impressed with the club's mediocre performance.The Wild are 11-12-0 over their past 23 games.
Wild GM Guerin fumes over lack of response to Flames D Andersson
Minnesota Wild president general manager Bill Guerin is concerned about the recent stretch of play from his team and he did not mince words on his feelings after the lack of response to Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson throwing a jab to the face of Marc-Andre Fleury on Saturday.
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Kuzmenko scores twice as the Flames hold off the Wild for a 5-4 win
Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames used their power play to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4. Kuzmenko and Rasmus Andersson each had a power-play goal, and Martin Pospisil and Clark Bishop also scored for Calgary.
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Instant Reaction: Flames with a wild win in Minnesota
Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!
Wild's late push comes up short in chippy loss to Flames
Clark Bishop made it a three-goal game 11 minutes, 53 seconds into the third period. Then the Wild (28-17-4) tried to make a push. Freddy Gaudreau scored a power-play goal 2 minutes, 22 seconds later to cut it back to two. While Kuzmenko scored his second of the night just 14 seconds later for the apparent dagger, it wasn't quite over.
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Conference championship sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL card
A view of a Super Bowl LVIII sign after it was illuminated in a ceremony at the Neon Museum, 770 Las Vegas Blvd North, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. The sign was displayed in the Fremont Street Experience during Super Bowl LVIII festivities.
Wild post another clunker at home, hear jeers from their fans: 4 takeaways
The Wild have a hard time explaining why there’s been such a difference in home/road splits this season. They boast a .740 points percentage (tops in the NHL) on the road so far, and .500 at home (23rd in NHL). Their Corsi-For per 60 at home in five-on-five play is 54.65 (30th in the league), and 55.03 on the road (23rd).
Gustavsson struggles as Wild fall 4-0 to Utah in Kaprizov's return from injury
Kaprizov had a couple scoring chances for the Wild (28-16-4), who were delighted to get their superstar back after he missed the last 12 games with a lower-body injury. Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for Utah (21-19-7) in what was just their second shutout win of the season.