Hockey Wilderness 3 hours ago
Filip Gustavsson feeling confident behind Wild defense
Nick Wosika-USA TODAY Sports The young Minnesota netminder is in his own groove. Filip Gustavsson has been something else for the Minnesota Wild this season. Coming in as a once-highly regarded goaltending prospect and the trade return from the Ottawa Senators for veteran netminder Cam Talbot, the expectations several months ago was just someone that can adequately support Marc-Andre Fleury as the backup. Well, it turns out he just took over the starting role and is now having one of the best seasons in Wild history from a goaltender. With his well-deserved .932 save...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 17 hours ago
Hartman scores late, Wild beat Blackhawks 3-1
Ryan Hartman scored with 1:11 remaining in the third period and the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Saturday.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 18 hours ago
Minnesota Wild turn it on late to beat Chicago Blackhawks 3-1
Ryan Hartman's breakaway goal with 71 seconds left in regulation saved the Wild, who are 14-1-4 in their past 19 games.
Hockey Wilderness 21 hours ago
Gamethread, Lineups, and More: Wild vs. Blackhawks (4:00 p.m.)
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports A little Saturday afternoon treat. Our Minnesota Wild are back in action after struggling to get two points against the damn Philadelphia Flyers. So now they’re facing an even worse team in the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon. Wild vs. Blackhawks When: 4:00 p.m. CTWhere: Xcel Energy CenterTV: BSN, BSWI, NBCSCHRadio: KFAN 100.3 Projected Wild lineup Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Mats ZuccarelloMarcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt BoldyBrandon Duhaime — Frederick Gaudreau — Oskar SundqvistMason Shaw — Connor...
Hockey Wilderness Mar 24, 2023
Wilderness Walk: Faber, Gophers advance in Fargo
South Bend Tribune-USA TODAY NETWORK Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. For those that cheer for the Gophers you can start building your excitement for the tournament right about now. On Thursday night, one of the best things in hockey began: The NCAA national tournament leading to the Frozen Four. And in the first round, the University of Minnesota Gophers took on Canisius College and took them down by a massive score. It was a close game to start and the underdogs actually held a 2-1 lead after 27 minutes, but then...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 24, 2023
Minnesota takes on Chicago after Boldy's 2-goal performance
Chicago Blackhawks (24-41-6, eighth in the Central Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (41-22-9, second in the Central Division)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 23, 2023
Tortorella earns 700th career win, Flyers top Wild 5-4
John Tortorella needed one word to sum up if 700 career wins meant anything to the Flyers coach.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 23, 2023
Matt Boldy maintains his hot hand as go-to scorer for Wild
Matt Boldy scored twice in the shootout loss to the Flyers and stretched his point streak to seven games.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 23, 2023
Live: Wild take on Flyers in Philadelphia. Follow along on Gameview
Minnesota plays its second road game in three night out east. Tap here for play-by-play, in-game scoring and updates from around the NHL.
Hockey Wilderness Mar 23, 2023
Gamethread, Lineups, and More: Wild at Flyers (5:30 p.m.)
Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Some brotherly love happening tonight. The Minnesota Wild are in Philadelphia facing a Flyers team that has punched above their weight, but is still at the bottom of the standings. Hopefully — with as many points needed as possible in this tight Central race — they can get two tonight. Wild at Flyers When: 5:30 p.m. CTWhere: Wells Fargo CenterTV: ESPN, SNE, SNPRadio: KFAN 100.3 AD Projected Wild lineup AD Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Mats ZuccarelloMarcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt BoldyBrandon Duhaime —...
Hockey Wilderness Mar 23, 2023
Wilderness Walk: Score watching
Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. Every single night until the final buzzer sounds on April 13 to signal the end of the regular season, we will probably be watching the scores of other games that affects what our Minnesota Wild is going to do. The race for the top spot in the Central Division is so incredibly tough in this three-way race between the Wild, Colorado Avalanche, and the Dallas Stars; that we are twiddling our thumbs and just hoping for it to go right. Well, luckily on...
Hockey Wilderness Mar 22, 2023
Wilderness Walk: Boldy, our hero
Photo by Elsa/ Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. Since Kirill Kaprizov went down with an injury, Matt Boldy has led the Minnesota Wild offense to familiar heights. When one superstar for the Minnesota Wild checks out, we guess another one just steps right in and is able to keep up a level of play that we expect. In the six Kaprizov-less games, Boldy has had at least one point in every game and has a total of six goals and 10 points. Comparatively, in the six games before Kaprizov’s injury, Boldy had one goal and...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 22, 2023
Philadelphia plays Minnesota after Sanheim's 2-goal showing
Minnesota Wild (41-22-8, second in the Central Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (26-32-12, seventh in the Metropolitan Division)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 21, 2023
Boldy's goal with 1.3 left in OT lifts Wild over Devils
Matt Boldy scored with 1.3 seconds left in overtime and Filip Gustavsson made a career-high 47 saves to give the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Mar 21, 2023
Wild's Ryan Reaves adds scoring touch to his usual grittiness
Physical forward Ryan Reaves has three goals in his past four games, after going goalless in his first 40 games with the team after being traded from the Rangers.
