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Scoggins: Wild's cold scoring raises issues beyond the playoffs
This isn't a new problem, of course. It becomes a discussion topic every postseason. Hand-wringing over a lack of snipers and finishers and high-end scorers has become a default setting.
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Overtime after overtime: Historic night in the Stanley Cup
For only the third time ever, all four Stanley Cup games went into overtime on the same day, including the one in Nashville in which Chicago fell into a Wild-like 3-0 hole. Here are game reports, box scores and more from a wild night in the NHL.
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Wild gets a day of rest as a stress reliever
Coach Bruce Boudreau wanted players to do anything other than obsess over the task they face in their first-round playoff series against St. Louis.
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Wild's frustration can be measured in big numbers, raw emotions
Statistical advantages are no comfort in a 3-0 hole.
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Where would Wild sweep rank among meekest Minnesota playoff departures?
While it is impolite to write matter-of-factly about the near-dead, the Wild's play so far against St. Louis can start to be measured against the weakest exits of local sports teams.
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Wild takes a 'mental health day' one loss from elimination
Bruce Boudreau gave his team the day off Monday, hoping players can clear their minds as they try to climb out of an 0-3 hole in their first-round playoff series against St. Louis.
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Souhan: Three losses in, it's time: Show us something, Wild
Treating Game 4 like Game 7 is one suggestion. Another is to realize what's happening is not working.
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'It's just not working.' Wild drops another close game to St. Louis
After a franchise-record 106 points, the Wild is three games into this postseason and has yet to figure out how to win a game against the St. Louis Blues or light up their stingy goalie.
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Playoff goal tally: Hill-Murray's Jake Guentzel 4, Minnesota's Wild 3
The first-week scoring sensation of the Stanley Cup has been former Hill-Murray star Jake Guentzel, whose winning goal Sunday night for Pittsburgh capped a Game 3 hat trick.
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Twins showing signs of life while the Wild nears its final breaths
If we can now look at the evolution of this Wild-Blues series with the benefit of hindsight, it's becoming clear that Game 1 was a damaging loss in so many ways.
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Wild at a loss about lack of goals
The Wild, the second-highest-scoring team in the NHL during the regular season, a team that scored four or more goals 34 times and five or more 22 times, has scored three goals in three games and nearly 10 periods in the Western Conference quarterfinals with the St. Louis Blues.
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Wild hasn't been in position to get its best shots vs. Blues
St. Louis' strategy has limited quality, not quantity chances.
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St. Louis 3, Wild 1
The Wild lost to the St. Louis Blues 3-1 in Game 3 of a first-round Western Conference playoff series on Sunday. The Wild has now lost the first three games of the best-of-seven series.
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The odds of a Wild comeback … aren't good
If NHL history is any guide, the playoff climb just got mighty steep for the Wild.
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Wild-St. Louis Game 3 recap
Blues goalie Jake Allen got his third win of the series Sunday and has three goals allowed; 40 saves Sunday, 114 in the series.
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Postgame: Three goals in three games has season on brink of disastrous end
The Wild has three goals in three games after scoring four goals or more in a single game 34 times during the regular season.
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Couple Wild lineup changes for Game 3
Ryan White and Nate Prosser will make their series debuts against the Blues.
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Souhan: NHL's decision on Columbus' Calvert is stupid
This is the time of the year we are reminded of the disparity between the greatness of playoff hockey and the stupidity of hockey bosses.
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- Draisaitl scores twice as Oilers beat Kings 4-3 to advance to 2nd round
- Stars first to hold serve at home, beat Knights 3-2 in Game 5 for series lead in NHL playoffs
- Toronto clinches top spot in PWHL with 4-1 win over Minnesota
- Hurricanes' depth proves critical to secure 2nd-round playoff matchup against the Rangers
- Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier score goals and Predators stay alive with 2-1 win over Canucks
- Rantanen scores twice in the 3rd period to lead Avalanche past Jets 6-3 and into the 2nd round
- Drury, Noesen help Hurricanes beat Islanders 6-3 to clinch NHL playoff 1st-round series in 5 games
- Knies scores in overtime, Matthews-less Maple Leafs avoid elimination with 2-1 win over Bruins
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