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Staal looking like one of the best Minnesota free agent signings
If you looked solely at Eric Staal's career trajectory at the time the Wild signed him this past offseason, there were certainly some Dany Heatley-esque and Thomas Vanek-esque red flags.
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Souhan: Finally, a Wild team good enough to avoid January swoon
Four of the past five seasons, the Wild has hit a January skid. That hasn't happened yet this season, and by the looks of the team on Thursday night it might not happen at all.
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Wild destroys Canadiens, Price with seven-goal outburst
The Wild tied its most lopsided home victory in team history during a 7-1 dismantling of Montreal and its star goalie Carey Price.
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Largest routs by the Wild this season
Thursday's game was the sixth this season the Wild won by four or more goals.
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Science Museum exhibit lets visitors challenge Haula, other local stars
Guests can study the body in motion and see what it takes to hit a basket, swing a racket or score a goal. The exhibit opened Jan. 6.
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Postgame: Montreal's last-second goal spoils would-be historic night for Wild
The Wild improved to 3-0-1 in its past four games and nearly set a home record for largest margin of victory by blowing out Montreal, 7-1.
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Wild-Montreal game recap
A look back at Thursday's game.
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It's the rematch: Dubnyk vs. Price tonight at the X
The hottest goalie in the NHL -- Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk -- will be in one net; Carey Price of Montreal, generally considered hockey's top goalie, will be in the other.
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Owner Craig Leipold thrilled by his new coach and Wild's success so far
Leipold is thrilled the Wild pounced on Bruce Boudreau the instant the coach was sacked last spring by the Ducks.
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Where the Wild ranks in NHL statistics
A look at Minnesota's key stats:
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Skills winner at NHL All-Star weekend gets to pick its 3-on-3 opponent
NHL event has a $1 million winner-take-all format.
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Boudreau tests his team by giving veterans Wednesday off
The Wild looks to make it points in four straight Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens.
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Halfway through season, Wild showing it can win the tough games
Nearing the halfway point of the season, the Wild continues to show it's a very different team that it has been in recent years.
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Wild's Dubnyk, Suter chosen for NHL All-Star Game
The league named 44 players to the All-Star Game, which has a 3-on-3 format featuring four 11-man teams. Bruce Boudreau will coach the Central Division team and three other players with Minnesota connections were chosen.
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Wild schedule in second half will make practice time precious
The Wild held a rather long, fairly comprehensive, upbeat practice Tuesday. Take a look at the team's coming schedule and you get the feeling there won't be a whole lot of them coming up.
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Where the Wild ranks among the NHL's top teams
How the Wild compares statistically with the NHL's other top teams:
Red or green home sweaters: if the Wild has to choose, what's your pick?
Multiple sources are saying that all NHL teams will be permitted to have only home and road jerseys next season. So the Wild could have to choose between their red and green sweaters.
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Boudreau will coach Central Division team in NHL All-Star Game
Because the Wild is assured of the best points percentage in the Central Division through Tuesday's NHL action, Bruce Boudreau will return to Los Angeles to coach the Central during All-Star Weekend from Jan. 27-29.
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Around the NHL
- Sergei Bobrovsky makes 26 saves, Panthers beat Lightning 5-3 to take 3-0 series lead
- Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov help Hurricanes hold on to beat Islanders 3-2 for 3-0 series lead
- Defending champion Golden Knights beat Stars 3-1 to take 2-0 series lead home to Vegas
- Anze Kopitar scores in overtime, Kings beat Oilers 5-4 in Game 2 to tie series
- Bruins beat Maple Leafs 4-2 in Game 3 to take series lead
- Utah hockey fans welcome the former Arizona Coyotes to their new home
- Rebuilding Sharks fire coach David Quinn after 2 disappointing seasons
- A day later, 'The Save' still had Panthers marveling at Bobrovsky's NHL playoff heroics
- Forsberg and Beauvillier each get a goal and an assist and Predators knock off Canucks 4-1
- Avalanche score 4 in 2nd period, beat Jets 5-2 and even first-round playoff series at 1-1
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