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The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 Monday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Wild are looking like the 2nd best team in the West Division behind Vegas with lots of games to play. Souhan says rookie Kirill Kaprizov is well known nationally by NHL experts as an emerging talent.

The Minnesota Wild lost 5-1 at Las Vegas against the Knights Wednesday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Wild decision to make Zach Parise a healthy scratch was intended to send a message and will likely be a one-time thing.

The Minnesota Wild extended their winning streak to 4 games with a 6-2 win at Colorado Wednesday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist joined me on WJON today. He say rookie Kirill Kaprizov helped set up a pair of goals last night and has been very impressive during this stretch.

The Minnesota Wild improved to 5-3 with a 5-3 win over the L.A. Kings Thursday night. Marcus Johansson scored a goal and added an assist on the Kirill Kaprizov goal. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says it was good to see the contributions from Johansson and the early goals to give the Wild a 3-0 lead in the first period.

The Timberwolves lost 118-107 Wednesday night at home against Memphis. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says this was the worst loss of the season. He says this because Minnesota had both Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Okogie back in the lineup and Memphis was playing without their top two players Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

The Minnesota Wild will start their best of 5 series against Vancouver August 2 in Edmonton. The Wild start camp today in St. Paul but many of the players have been skating and getting ready for the return for weeks now. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The NHL plans to return to play starting August 1. Edmonton and Toronto appear to be the hub cities when play resumes. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. Jim says the Wild and the rest of the Western Conference will likely be headed for Edmonton.

The Minnesota Wild shutout the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday night 4-0 behind a shutout by Alex Stalock. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Wild may have benefited from the Jason Zucker trade.

The Timberwolves and the Wild both lost Monday night and both are trending toward missing the playoffs. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Minnesota Wild have won 5 games in a row and are now tied with 3 other teams with 32 points for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.