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The Minnesota Wild, who hope more means better, open a busy stretch of their schedule Thursday afternoon when they visit the rested Toronto Maple Leafs. The Wild will play 12 games in 22 days starting with road games in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Boston. "That's what you want is a lot of games in a short period of time," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. Continue to Article

January 02, 2019 12:56:pm EST

Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel are doing their part, continuing to pile up points for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but the team's goaltenders might have been the headlining act in a big December. Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists, and Sidney Crosby added a goal and assist as Pittsburgh kept rolling with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Wild on Monday night. Casey DeSmith, who stopped 40 shots to beat Minnesota on Dec. 20, made 31 saves for the Penguins, who have won eight of their past 10 games, a season-high six games in a row and finished December 11-3-1. Continue to Article

December 31, 2018 9:51:pm EST

Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice says defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will be ''out for a while'' after leaving Saturday's game with a lower-body injury in the third period. Maurice, speaking to reporters on Sunday, said Byfuglien will not need surgery, but likely will not play until after the All-Star break at the end of January. ... I don't know what it's going to look like in two to three weeks,'' Maurice said. Continue to Article

December 30, 2018 3:09:pm EST

Devan Dubnyk had a bounce-back game for the Minnesota Wild. Dubnyk stopped 26 shots to help the Wild beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 Saturday, ending a season-high five-game losing streak. Defenseman Matt Bartkowski scored in his debut with the Wild, and Charlie Coyle and Eric Fehr also scored. Continue to Article

December 29, 2018 8:38:pm EST

After dropping a 2-1 decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night the Minnesota Wild find themselves stuck in a three-game losing streak and have now lost 10 of their past 15 games, keeping them on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture. The Wild announced on Friday that defender Mathew Dumba will undergo surgery next week for an “upper-body injury” and is set to miss a significant amount of time. “We won’t know [an exact timetable] until they get in there,” said general manager Paul Fenton, via the Wild’s website. Continue to Article

December 21, 2018 3:16:pm EST