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Minnesota Wild defeats St. Louis Blues with quick start
- By Joseph Gunther
- March 14th, 2010
Josh Harding continued his win streak at the Xcel Energy Center Sunday with a 4-2 win over the St.
Louis Blues.
The Minnesota Wild needed Harding to step up with Niklas Backstrom out with a lower body injury.
He did just that with 36 saves, including a desperation glove save that kept the Wild ahead by two goals.
It is his third straight win in St.
Paul dating back to Feb.
12, 2009.
The Wild (33-29-6) got off to another good start with a three goal first period.
It did not take it long to get on the board with a redirection by Andrew Brunette between Blues goaltender Chris Mason's legs just one minute and 54 seconds into the game.
Mikko Koivu and Cam Barker assisted on the goal.
Koivu recorded his second point...
Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues preview
- By Joseph Gunther
- March 14th, 2010
The Minnesota Wild begins a two-game homestand Sunday against the St.
Louis Blues at the Xcel Energy Center.
The Wild (32-29-6) is coming off a 3-2 road win over the Buffalo Sabres Friday.
The Blues (32-26-9) are coming off a 5-1 road win over the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday.
The Series
This is the fourth and final meeting of the season for the two teams.
The home team has won all three previous meetings.
The Blues won first and third games, 3-1 and 1-0, respectively.
The Wild won the second game 4-3.
Injury Report
For the Wild, Pierre-Marc Bouchard (concussion), Clayton Stoner (groin) and Shane Hnidy (leg) are out.
Brent Burns (hip) and Niklas Backstrom (lower body) are questionable.
For the Blues, Keith Tkachuk (finger surgery) is out.
Blues Player to Watch
Andy McDonald.
The forward leads...
Minnesota Wild hangs on to defeat the Buffalo Sabres
- By Joseph Gunther
- March 12th, 2010
The Minnesota Wild took steps backward over the last month, moving farther and farther from the playoffs.
Josh Harding would not let that happen again Friday with a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena.
The Wild's backup stopped 43-of-45 shots, including 14-of-16 in the third.
The Wild (32-29-6) took a 3-0 lead into the third period, but the Sabres proved why it is leading the Eastern Conference's Northeast Division.
Former Gopher Thomas Vanek took his Sabres team-leading goal total to 22 with goals at the 3:42 and 18:02 marks of the final period.
The first goal was a power play tap-in of a tic-tac-toe, cross-ice passing play from Jason Pominville to Derek Roy to Vanek in front of the net.
The second goal was one-time shot off a pass from Pominville...
Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames preview
- By Joseph Gunther
- March 12th, 2010
The Minnesota Wild plays the second game in as many nights Wednesday against the Calgary Flames at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild (20-20-3) is coming off a 4-1 road loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Flames (25-12-5) are coming off a 3-1 road win against the Nashville Predators Tuesday. The Series This is the second of six meetings between the two teams. The Wild won the first meeting 2-1 in overtime at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary. The Wild has a two-game winning streak over the Flames, but has only four wins in the last 17 meetings. Injury Report The Wild will be without Pierre-Marc Bouchard (concussion), Brent Burns (concussion) and Chuck Kobasew (knee). Owen Nolan (lower-body) did not play in Chicago and is questionable for Wednesday. The Flames will be without Cory Sarich (undisclosed). Stat...
Latendresse records hat trick, but the Minnesota Wild still loses
- By Joseph Gunther
- March 12th, 2010
Guillaume Latendresse is the Minnesota Wild's hottest player with four goals and five assists in the last six games entering Saturday's tilt with the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena. Even though the Wild lost the game 6-4, he did not disappoint with his first career hat trick and the second by a Wild player this season. His first goal came in the second period that cut the deficit to 2-1 after two periods. He added a power play and even-strength tally in the third to get the Wild as close as one goal late in the game. The Coyotes (28-16-5) scored the first two goals of the game in the first period by Petr Prucha and Shane Doan. It is fitting that Doan would break out of a four-game pointless streak on his bobblehead night....
Khudobin finishes Minnesota Wild victory over the Edmonton Oilers
- By Joseph Gunther
- March 12th, 2010
The Minnesota Wild started an ailing Josh Harding in goal, but did not finish with him in the team's 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center. Harding made a phenominal save diving across the goal line to rob an Oiler player with a wide open net with 9:33 remaining in the game to keep the score tied at 2-2. After the play, Harding had to be carried off the ice. On came 23-year-old rookie Anton Khudobin for his NHL debut. Moments after getting the lead, Khudobin was tested with a power play after Greg Zanon made an outstanding defensive play to knock the puck away from Sam Gagner on a breakaway. Zanon got all puck to knock the puck to the corner, then Gagner fell over his stick. Khudobin stood...
