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Backstrom leads Wild to win over Bruins (AP)
The Minnesota Wild showed why they're the NHL's top defensive team by completely shutting down the league's best offensive club. Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 shots for his second straight shutout and fifth of the season to lead Wild to a 1-0 win over Boston, handing the Bruins their first shutout of the season on Tuesday night.
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Puck Headlines: Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals ready to go 'Patrick Division' on each other (Yahoo! Sports) Here are your Evening Puck Headlines and Previews: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the...
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Gaborik's surgery goes as expected, rehab begins (AP)Marian Gaborik has begun rehabilitation from surgery on his left hip. The Minnesota Wild reported late Monday the operation to repair a torn labrum and damaged cartilage went "as expected." The star right wing started rehab immediately after the procedure in Colorado, done by the same specialist who performed a similar operation on his right hip last summer.
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Puck Headlines: Even the Canucks can't tell Sedins apart (Yahoo! Sports) Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
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Wild Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Even though the Wild lacks depth, coach Jacques Lemaire doesn't mind benching players late in games.
For instance, in Calgary, the Wild was down to five defensemen because Kim Johnsson returned home for a family emergency.
Erik Reitz barely played. Against San Jose, Reitz played 2-1/2 minutes. Without Marek Zidlicky against Detroit, he didn't play after the second period.
But it's not just Reitz, Lemaire said.
"You can't have that patience when you have to win," Lemaire said. "It's when you see that if you have no chance to be there, then I can have patience. Now, that patience will (cost you points, and that) will ruin you.
"So where do I stop? It's not just Reitz.
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NHL Power Poll: Teams set sights on playoffs (SportingNews.com) Toronto coach Ron Wilson noticed it while playing Ottawa this week. The intensity is rising for teams getting...
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Pass or Fail: Johan Franzen's controversial goal vs. Minnesota (Yahoo! Sports) In the Minnesota Wild 's defense, they should have carte blanche for rigorous overreaction after losing their...
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Sunday's three stars: A Wild franchise first for Backstrom (Yahoo! Sports) No. 1 star: Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild There really wasn't much ugly and obnoxious about Minnesota's 2-0...
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Backstrom stops 33 shots in Wild win (AP)
The more gray Owen Nolan accumulates in his beard, the less he concerns himself with grudges. The Minnesota Wild forward no longer worries about settling scores with the Colorado Avalanche, an organization that drafted him and then traded him away. "Played too many games to worry about that now," the 17-year veteran said.
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Puck Headlines: After tragedy, fight debate reaches critical mass (Yahoo! Sports) Here are your Weekend Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
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Osgood's return sparks Red Wings to 3-2 SO win (AP)
A groin strain is exactly the type of injury that most goalies dread. The type that lingers. The type that can derail a season in a heartbeat. For Detroit goalie Chris Osgood, his groin strain couldn't have come at a better time. After sitting out for two weeks to let it heal, Osgood made 33 saves through overtime and then two big ones in the shootout to lift the Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the...
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Wild place RW Gaborik on IR (PA SportsTicker)As expected, the Minnesota Wild on Saturday placed Marian Gaborik on injured reserve as the star right wing prepares to undergo hip surgery on Monday.
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Wings' Zetterberg, Osgood expected to play Saturday (Yahoo! Sports)Henrik Zetterberg did not practice Friday because of a sore groin, but said he expects to play Saturday, when...
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Wild RW Gaborik to undergo hip surgery (PA SportsTicker)Minnesota Wild right wing Marian Gaborik, who has decided to undergo surgery on his injured left hip, expects to return at some point this season.
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Wild name Koivu captain for January (PA SportsTicker)Mikko Koivu apparently is doing something right.
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Vikings' defensive line banged up for playoff game (PA SportsTicker)Stopping Brian Westbrook is enough of a challenge. Without two of their starting defensive linemen, the Minnesota Vikings could face an even tougher task.
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Burns' OT goal lifts Minnesota past San Jose (AP)
The Minnesota Wild saved its much-needed best game of the month for last. Brent Burns scored at 1:38 of overtime to give the Wild a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. Burns took a cross-ice pass from Mikko Koivu and beat Evgeni Nabokov over the left shoulder. Owen Nolan also scored in his return to the Minnesota lineup, and Krystofer Kolanos added a goal to help the Wild...
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Puck Headlines: Penguins hold players-only meeting after loss (Yahoo! Sports) Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
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Monday's three stars: Nystrom's shorthanded speed tops Wild (Yahoo! Sports) No. 1 star: Eric Nystrom, Calgary Flames With the game tied 1-1 in the third period, a Calgary shorthanded...
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Nystrom's short-handed goal lifts Flames past Wild (AP)
The move Eric Nystrom used to fake out goalie Josh Harding for the go-ahead tally was so smooth it looked planned. Nystrom insists it wasn't. Nystrom took an errant puck at center ice, darted alone into the Minnesota zone and made a pretty forehand fake to draw goalie Josh Harding to the ice before sliding in the short-handed goal that gave the Calgary Flames a 2-1 win over the Wild on Monday...
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Puck Headlines: Could Detroit get shut out of all-star starters? (Yahoo! Sports) Here are your Evening Puck Headlines and Previews: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the...
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NHL Power Poll: Bruins take over top spot (SportingNews.com)The best story of the week might be the Boston Bruins, who have won eight straight games to catch San Jose at the top of the NHL standings.
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Puck Headlines: Koivu pooh-poohs Blackhawks winning streak (Yahoo! Sports) Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...
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Blackhawks win team-record 9th straight (AP)
Bring on the Detroit Red Wings and the Winter Classic. Dustin Byfuglien led Chicago to its franchise-record ninth straight victory, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the Blackhawks' 4-1 decision over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. Chicago, set to play Detroit in a home-and-home series, broke the team record of eight straight victories set in December 1971 and matched in January 1981.
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NHL reveals top-selling third jerseys entering holiday season (Yahoo! Sports) When we bugged the NHL about how Winter Classic jerseys for the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings were...
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Five venues we'd like to see Winter Classic played at (SportingNews.com)NULL
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I Hate My [expletive deleted] Fantasy Team: Holiday breather (Yahoo! Sports) (Ed. Note: "I Hate My [expletive deleted] Fantasy Team!" is a weekly feature on Puck Daddy in which we...
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'Tis the season for the Wild to trade Marian Gaborik? (Yahoo! Sports) Michael Russo of the Star Tribune is one of the best beat writers covering the NHL. He's got good instincts, and...
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Veilleux's goal leads Wild over Hurricanes 3-2 (AP)
Niklas Backstrom hadn't heard anything like this from the Xcel Energy Center crowd -- not even in the playoffs. Nursing a one-goal advantage, Backstrom and the Minnesota Wild withstood Carolina's 2-minute 5-on-3 advantage in the third period and ultimately hung on for a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night. Marian Gaborik, Cal Clutterbuck and Stephane Veilleux all scored goals and Backstrom tallied 35...
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