The Minnesota Wild have won 5 games in a row after a 3-0 win over Calgary on the road Tuesday night.  Niklas Backstrom had 41 saves to get the shutout in net for Minnesota.  Dany Heatley had a goal and an assist, Darrell Powe and Guillaume Latendresse each added a goal for the Wild.  Heatley leads the team with 10 points.

The Wild are 8-3-3 and with 19 points are just 1 point back of Edmonton for first place in the Northwest Division.  Minnesota will play at San Jose at 9:30 Thursday, hear the game on WJON.

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