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With one game left before dispersing for the annual All-Star game, the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues will approach Thursday's meeting trying to end the first portion of the season on a high note. Minnesota could close the season's midway point with the best record in the Western Conference after a run that has seen the Wild post 20 wins in their past 25 games. St. Louis is holding on to the top wild card spot in the West, despite losing five of its past seven games. Continue to Article

January 25, 2017 9:18:pm EST

When the Buffalo Sabres and Dallas Stars meet on Thursday night at American Airlines Center, overtime may or may not come into play. For the Sabres (20-18-9), who won 5-4 in overtime at Nashville on Tuesday, their third consecutive overtime victory, that would be a good thing considering they seem especially comfortable playing bonus hockey. Against the Predators, Jack Eichel scored twice for Buffalo, who is 9-10-6 overall away from home but 3-1-0 during its current six-game trip. Continue to Article

January 25, 2017 5:03:pm EST

The Islanders defeated the Blues 3-2. Look, one of the teams really being sunk by bad goaltending is of course the St. Louis Blues, because neither Jake Allen nor Carter Hutton are performing very well. The good news is the team is good enough to keep going along in a playoff spot regardless, despite the fact that those two goalies and Pheonix Copley (unfortunately, that first name is spelled correctly) have probably cost the team about 22 goals. Continue to Article

January 25, 2017 3:14:pm EST

Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau picked the perfect spot to use Chris Stewart in the shootout against Dallsa. Stewart, best known for his physical play, scored in the fifth round of the tiebreaker to lift the Wild past the Stars 3-2 on Tuesday night. ''I asked him how he was feeling,'' Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. Continue to Article

January 25, 2017 1:07:am EST