Wild Playoff tracker
Wild record: 44-25-7 for 95 points with six games remaining (three home, three away).
In the Central: Wild is in fourth place, three points behind Chicago.
Wild-card race: Wild holds the top spot in the West. Winnipeg has the No. 2 spot and is five points behind the Wild — and Minnesota has a game in hand. The first team out, Los Angeles, is seven points behind the Wild.
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