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Matt Dumba cut the lead in half with a power play goal early in the third period, making the score 2-1. However, that was all the offense the Wild could muster.

The Minnesota Wild scored a team-record six goals in the third period to beat the Dallas Stars 6-2 Sunday night at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild are now 31-21-7 on the season and now hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference

The Wild will open the season with a game against the Avalanche at Xcel Energy Center on October 9th, then will travel to Denver to take on the Avs on October 11th

Game six will be played at Xcel Energy Center Tuesday night at 8 PM.

Heatley started the rush with a pass from the Wild end through the middle of the ice where it connected with Kyle Brodziak, who dropped a pass to "El Nino" on a two-on-one break.

The Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings skated to a 2-2 tie after three periods and overtime, but LA came away with a 3-2 victory by winning the shootout 2-0. Matt Cooke started the scoring for Minnesota with a deflection past LA netminder Jonathan Quick at 1:04 of the first period...

On Tuesday, a St. Cloud ten year old was resigned to the fact that she would not be able to play hockey this year due to her family's financial situation. By Thursday morning she was all signed up--and paid up-- thanks to a simple tweet by a local hockey dad and some help from a former NHL star...

The Minnesota Wild fell behind three games to one in the Western Conference Quarterfinals with a 3-0 shutout loss to Chicago Tuesday night at the X. Wild goalie Josh Harding was injured late in the first period and was unable to play the game's final two periods...

The Wild showed what they could do with thousands of rabid Minnesota hockey fans cheering them on in a 3-2 overtime win over Chicago Sunday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center. It was the Blackhawks who scored first, however, and temporarily quieted the hyped up crowd...