Wild week in review

Last update: November 8, 2009 - 12:32 AM

Record: 1-1

• After feeling good for four off days after consecutive wins, the Western Conference-worst Wild returned to reality with a 5-2 loss Thursday to Vancouver. Niklas Backstrom was yanked after 40 minutes, and the power play was 0-for-5 and gave up a shorthanded goal. The Wild bounced back Saturday night, scoring two first-period goals in a 3-2 victory over Dallas.

STAR TRIBUNE'S STAR OF THE WEEK

Kyle Brodziak, center: Against the Canucks, the first-year Wild forward registered his fourth career two-goal game to twice pull the Wild within one goal. In a stat that speaks volumes, Brodziak's the first Wild player to score more than one goal in a game this season.

THIS WEEK THREE GAMES

Tuesday: at Toronto, 6 p.m. Thursday: at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Friday: at Washington, 6 p.m.

After a two-game homestand, the Wild, 1-8 on the road, embarks on a four-game trip east, although two of the games are against the two worst teams in the Eastern Conference -- Toronto and Carolina (next Sunday).

THE QUOTE

"I’m going to say he scores, hmmm … before Christmas." — Cal Clutterbuck on when Derek Boogaard, who has no goals since
Jan. 7, 2006, scores next

MICHAEL RUSSO

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