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NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah

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.
  • New: 2 hr 3 min ago

Can things get better for the Wild after a disappointing season?

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.
  • New: 7 hr 3 min ago

The Twins sell tickets with all-you-can-eat classic concession fare. Are they worth it?

StarTribune.com (, Brian Stensaas) — We borrowed a colleague from the sports department to put Target Field's new all-inclusive Legends Landing to the test.
  • New: 7 hr 46 min ago

Why the Wild could face the same roster troubles next year

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.
  • New: 10 hr 51 min ago

Dallas Stars clinch top seed in Western Conference by getting to overtime against Blues

StarTribune.com (Star Tribune Staff) — The Dallas Stars will be the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since 2016.
  • 18 hr 19 min ago

Holmstrom scores go-ahead goal in Isles' win over Penguins. Sorokin stops Crosby's late penalty shot

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.
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Kucherov is 5th player in NHL to reach 100 assists as Lighting beat Matthews, Maple Leafs 6-4

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.
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Wild-Kraken game preview: TV-radio info, injury reports, statistics

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.
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Scorching hot before the PWHL break, Minnesota returns Thursday at Montreal

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.
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Twins swept by Orioles as Cedric Mullins hits walk-off home run off Griffin Jax

StarTribune.com (Phil Miller) — Cedric Mullins hit a two-run shot off Griffin Jax to give Baltimore a 4-2 victory.
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NHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16-team tournament for the Stanley Cup

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.
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Who will win the NHL's top awards this season? Here are AP's predictions

StarTribune.com (LARRY LAGE, JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO) — Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon, Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov, Edmonton's Connor McDavid and Toronto's Auston Matthews are all in the running to win the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP.
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Wild signs Marc-Andre Fleury to contract extension for 2024-2025 season

StarTribune.com (Star Tribune staff) — The 39-year-old future Hall of Famer joined the Wild during the 2022 season in a trade-deadline deal with Chicago and played his 1,000th game this season.
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Barry Trotz switched from NHL coach to GM. It has been a success with Predators back in the playoffs

StarTribune.com (TERESA M. WALKER) — Barry Trotz never put a label on whether he was rebuilding, retooling or simply trying to reset the Nashville Predators during his first season as general manager.
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Wild has three goalies. But who returns, and in what order?

StarTribune.com (Sarah McLellan) — Will the netminder of the future be ready? And what about the two veterans? Will Thursday be Marc-Andre Fleury's last game for the Wild?
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