Wild Slide Continues With Loss At Calgary
The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 at Calgary Saturday night and have now lost 11 of their last 12 games. The game was scoreless through 2 periods before Calgary scored 3 times in the 3rd. Dany Heatley scored the lone Wild goal and Niklas Backstrom had 33 saves.
The Wild drop to 21-15-6 and with 48 points are 7 points back of Vancouver for first place in the Northwest Division and are tied for 6th place in the Western Conference. Minnesota is only 1 point ahead of the 8th and 9th place spots. The Wild host San Jose at 6:30 Tuesday night, pregame on WJON at 6:05.