Minnesota Wild: StarTribune.com News Articles
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StarTribune.com (STEPHEN WHYNO) —
General manager Don Waddell likes how his Carolina Hurricanes finished the season, winning 16 of their final 21 games. He knows it means nothing now.
StarTribune.com (MARK ANDERSON) —
Frank Vatrano scored three goals and the Anaheim Ducks ended their season on a high note, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 Thursday night.
StarTribune.com (PAT GRAHAM) —
Valeri Nichushkin scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon added two assists to break the franchise's single-season points mark and the Colorado Avalanche cruised into the playoffs behind a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
StarTribune.com (Star Tribune Staff) —
Nikita Chibrikov scored the game-winner in his NHL debut and Cole Perfetti added two goals as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Thursday night in the regular-season finale for the playoff-bound teams.
StarTribune.com (Star Tribune staff) —
Minnesota could have clinched with a regulation victory. Its next chance will come Saturday at Ottawa.
StarTribune.com (Sarah McLellan) —
Kirill Kaprizov scored his 46th goal of the season, but it was another loss in a wave of many that ultimately ended without a trip to the playoffs. The focus now shifts to the NHL draft.
StarTribune.com (STEPHEN WHYNO) —
The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah, at least initially, until a long-term name is determined.
StarTribune.com (Michael Rand) —
A team with playoff aspirations stumbled at the start and couldn't fully regroup. Hockey writer Sarah McLellan and host Michael Rand discuss why. Also, Twins talk and an awkward Caitlin Clark moment.
StarTribune.com (Jim Foster) —
Long-term deals for veterans and the ongoing aftershocks of the Parise and Suter contracts will limit what the Wild can do in 2024-25. Here's why.
StarTribune.com (Star Tribune Staff) —
The Dallas Stars will be the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since 2016.
StarTribune.com (SCOTT CHARLES) —
Simon Holmstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Ilya Sorokin stopped Sidney Crosby on a late penalty shot and the playoff-bound New York Islanders edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Wednesday night.
StarTribune.com (JOHN KREISER) —
Auston Matthews came up empty in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season, but Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Wednesday night.
StarTribune.com (Sarah McLellan) —
Kirill Kaprizov is three goals shy of his career high, among other individual milestones in play for the regular-season finale.
StarTribune.com (Rachel Blount) —
Minnesota vs. Montreal features two stars from the world championships. Kendall Coyne Schofield had nine points in that tournament, and Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals to help Canada win gold.
StarTribune.com (STEPHEN WHYNO) —
Sixteen teams, each one needing to win 16 games over four rounds of best-of-seven series to lift the Stanley Cup, has been the way the NHL decides its champion for nearly four decades. That isn't changing any time soon.