The Colorado Avalanche moved to within three points of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League’s Central Division of the Western Conference with a 5-1 win over the Wild on Tuesday night in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota’s Mikku Koivu and Colorado’s Nikita Zadorov traded second-period goals before J.T. Compeer scored two goals and Nathan McKinnon and Tyson …
Mikael Granlund had a hat trick and goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 41 shots in his return to the lineup as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Friday night in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Also scoring for the Wild (20-15-3) was Matt Dumba. P.K. Subban and Kyle Turris scored for the Predators (22-10-5). (Check out …
The Washington Capitals visited the Twin Cities on Tuesday night to play the Minnesota Wild in the Xcel Center. The game, which featured former University of North Dakota stars Zach Parise (Wild) and T.J. Oshie (Capitals), was won in overtime by Washington by a 5-4 score. Oshie scored the game-winner, his second of the game, at the 1:52 mark to …