Wild playoff tracker and NHL standings
A look at where the Wild stands entering the final week of the regular season:
April 6, 2015 at 5:51PM
Wild record: 44-26-8 for 96 points with four games remaining (one home, three away).
In the Central: Wild is in fourth place, six points behind Chicago.
Wild-card race: Wild holds the top spot in the West. Los Angeles has the No. 2 spot and is four points behind the Wild. The first team out, Winnipeg, also has 92 but trails the Kings because of a tiebreaker (regulation and overtime wins).
Monday: If the Wild beats the Jets in regulation, it will clinch a playoff spot. If the Wild beats the Jets in overtime and the Kings lose in regulation at Vancouver, Minnesota will clinch a playoff spot.
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The 39-year-old was a standout player at Grand Rapids and with the Gophers, and won a Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2009.
