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 …
Jared Spurgeon, Eric Staal, Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker scored goals as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Wednesday night in the Xcel Center in St. Paul. Tyler Seguin and Mattias Janmark scored for the Stars. The Wild (19-15-3) were backstopped by goalie Alex Stalock, who finished with 24 saves for Minnesota. Ben Bishop made 27 saves for the …
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 …