Wild vs. Vancouver, 7 p.m. tonight (Ch. 45)

Wild wants Burns on defense, but for now he'll stay at forward

Brent Burns

GM Doug Risebrough says the move is temporary to fill glaring a need.

Wild 4, St. Louis 0

Wild cleans up after itself in victory

Backstrom: Stick save.

Coming off a sloppy home loss two nights earlier, the team shut out the Blues and moved into first place.

Wild notes

Nothing that ex-linemate Avery does, says surprises Wild's Belanger

Eric Belanger knows Sean Avery better than anybody in the Wild locker room.

Hudler, Cleary lead Red Wings

Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary each scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings broke a tie with a three-goal outburst early in the third period in a 6-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Thornton leads Sharks to 9th straight win

Joe Thornton scored the go-ahead goal with 12:19 to play, and the NHL-leading San Jose Sharks shook off a terrible start to earn their ninth straight victory, 3-2 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

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