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Winnipeg Jets history, this team won a playoff game. Devan Dubnyk was truly fantastic for the Minnesota Wild in Game 1, keeping them in the game despite Winnipeg generating a 40-20 shots on goal advantage. Ultimately, a game-winning goal by unlikely hero Joe Morrow helped the Jets grind out a 3-2 win to take a 1-0 series lead. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 2:41:am EST

This is it! The first night of the NHL playoffs. All 16 teams still think they are going to be the Stanley Cup Champs. Joe Thornton, who suffered a knee injury and subsequent surgery on January 23, is hoping to return at some point in the first round. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 12:55:am EST

Jimmy Butler scored 31 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves ended the NBA's longest-running playoff drought, beating the Denver Nuggets 112-106 in overtime Wednesday night in the first final-day play-in game in the league in 21 years. When the final horn blew, the capacity and white-towel-waving crowd at Target Center stood to soak in Minnesota's first postseason appearance since 2004. Butler flashed a smile of relief as he hugged his teammates and confetti fluttered above the floor. The fans chanted "MVP! "MVP!" as Butler conducted a postgame interview. Jokic locked in a classic big man battled with Towns, finishing with 35 points and 10 rebounds, Continue to Article

April 11, 2018 11:01:pm EST

Joe Morrow scored with 7:13 remaining to give the Winnipeg Jets a 3-2 victory against the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round playoff opener on Wednesday night at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was Winnipeg's first victory in a postseason game since the NHL returned to the city for the 2011-12 season. Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine scored earlier for the Jets. Continue to Article

April 11, 2018 10:08:pm EST

A rivalry that needed a playoff meeting to really cement its status will finally add that chapter when the puck drops between the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. The Jets and Wild have been divisional rivals for a few years now and the bad blood has grown during that time, but this will be the first time both teams meet in the Stanley Cup Playoffs — a chance for the hatred to grow. The series will feature a team heavy with playoff experience and another with a bunch of excited players who’ve seen limited time in the postseason. Continue to Article

April 11, 2018 1:00:pm EST