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Souhan: Wild, known for comebacks, requires far too many
The Wild's enervating comeback fell short, and while it is the nature of players to celebrate a comeback, what should be remembered is that they positioned themselves to require one.
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Dallas eliminates Wild; furious rally falls short
Potential tying goal winds up millimeters short as Wild's season ends.
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Torchetti hoping for chance to continue what he started
Coach's focus shifts to a possible future with team he called "a good group."
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Strange goals find Wild's Dubnyk and force him into offseason
Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk cannot get over the one or two goofy, funky goals a game that were scored against him not only in the Wild's first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars but pretty much every game down the stretch of the series.
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Gallery: Dallas 5, Wild 4
The Dallas Stars edged the Wild 5-4 in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series Sunday at Xcel Energy Center, ending Minnesota's season.
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Assessing Wild players' performances vs. Stars
Some were strong, others struggled in the six-game first-round series.
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Wild-Dallas Game 6 recap
Dallas center Jason Spezza had a goal and three assists, won 12 of 16 faceoffs and was a brute up the middle.
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Postgame: After slow start, Wild falls short in season-ending loss to Dallas
After a season-ending 5-4 loss to the Stars, the Wild now looks ahead to the offseason.
More Wild postgame: This team's biggest problem is ... ?
When I asked observers on Twitter what the single biggest problem facing this franchise is, the answers were so varied that a consensus is impossible.
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Wild Game 6: Prince tribute, questionable penalty, Dallas up 5-3
Wild fans in the X were completely jacked for Game 6 against the Stars, with the Wild trailing 3-2 in the series and again facing elimination.
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Souhan: Wild's Koivu deserves to celebrate in playoffs for a change
His goal in Game 3 proved to be the winner, and on Friday he scored to send Game 5 to overtime and then ended it with a deflection of Ryan Suter's shot.
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Schroeder makes immediate impact for Wild
Playing in his first game of the series, Jordan Schroeder supplied a goal and plenty of speed.
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Wild like a 'pebble in the Dallas Stars' shoe' as momentum shifts
Mikko Koivu scored the tying and winning goals last night in the Wild's season-saving Game 5 overtime win in Dallas.
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Reusse: Wild certain to win Sunday and force Game 7, and here's why
The Timberwolves have scheduled Thibodeau's introductory news conference for Tuesday. And there's no chance Woofies get a chance to dominate the sports scene.
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Souhan: It's a rarity when Koivu, Suter team up for a key goal
Mikko Koivu's postseason efforts have been marred by whiffs and near-misses. But Friday night he was the one pumping his fist and celebrating and skating toward teammate Ryan Suter.
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Koivu saves the season: Tying, winning goals give Wild overtime win
Friday night in what could have been a season-ending Game 5, captain Mikko Koivu, who forced overtime in the final minutes of the third period, scored his first career playoff overtime winner for a season-saving 5-4 Wild victory.
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Wild fans: This is your captain scoring (Video for the win)
Watch Mikko Koivu's two goals that are bringing the Wild-Stars series back to Dallas for Game 6 on Sunday afternoon.
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- Kucherov is 5th player in NHL to reach 100 assists as Lighting beat Matthews, Maple Leafs 6-4
- Holmstrom scores go-ahead goal in Isles' win over Penguins. Sorokin stops Crosby's late penalty shot
- Marc-Andre Fleury signs a $2.5M extension with the Wild to return for next season at age 40
- NHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16-team tournament for the Stanley Cup
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