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The Minnesota Wild lost a second straight game Thursday night with a 3-1 setback at Tampa Bay. Minnesota again ran in to a hot goaltender, this time the Lightning's Ben Bishop, who made 25 saves. Tampa Bay scored the fist period's only goal at 14:02 when Tyler Johnson beat Wild goalie Josh Harding on the power play for a 1-0 lead...

Kevin Falness of the Minnesota Wild Radio Network joined the Granite City Cafe Wednesday to discuss the Minnesota Wild's first seven games of the season. Most recently, the Wild lost at Toronto by a 4-1 final score despite outshooting the Maple Leafs 37-14...

The Minnesota Wild saw their modest three game winning streak end with a 4-1 loss at Toronto Tuesday night. Minnesota outshot the Maple Leafs 37-14 but could only beat Leafs goaltender James Reimer once. Toronto scored the game's first two goals in the opening period...

The Minnesota Wild topped the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Monday night for their third straight win. Former Sabre Jason Pominville scored the game winning goal in his first game back since joining the Wild. Minnesota started the scoring early with a Kyle Brodziak goal about five minutes in to the opening period, with assists credited to Matt Cooke and Jonas Brodin...

It wasn't pretty, but the Minnesota Wild beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild won by just a goal despite outshooting the Jets 30-15 and winning 45/61 faceoffs. Jonas Brodin scored the Wild's first goal when he deflected a rebound off his glove and past Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec at 7:39 of the first period...

The Anaheim Ducks snuck past the Wild Saturday night with a 4-3 overtime win at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota lost both games of their season-opening home stand. Anaheim got off to a fast start, with Saku Koivu notching a deflection goal past Niklas Backstrom for a 1-0 Ducks lead at 1:40 of the first period...

The Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings skated to a 2-2 tie after three periods and overtime, but LA came away with a 3-2 victory by winning the shootout 2-0. Matt Cooke started the scoring for Minnesota with a deflection past LA netminder Jonathan Quick at 1:04 of the first period...

The Minnesota Wild announced Thursday morning that they have signed forward Jason Pominville to a five year contract extension. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Pominville was acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres at the trade deadline last season...

The Wild improved to 4-1 in preseason play with a 3-1 win over St. Louis Wednesday night at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota has just one remaining tune-up game before the regular season begins. Matt Cooke got the Wild on the board at 11:27 of the first period, then Charlie Coyle and Torrey Mitchell each scored goals early in the third period for a 3-0 Minnesota lead...

The Minnesota Wild topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 Monday night in Ohio. Keith Ballard’s goal at 11:36 of the third period tied the game at one, with the game eventually going to overtime and a shootout. Jason Zucker scored the winning goal for Minnesota in the shootout...