Wild record: 45-27-8 for 98 points with two games remaining (at Nashville, at St. Louis). The Wild has clinched a playoff spot.
In the Central: Wild is in fourth place, four points behind Chicago.
Wild-card race: Wild holds the top spot in the West. Winnipeg has the No. 2 spot and has 96 points. Los Angeles is three points behind the Jets.
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Sports
Sports
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned again, misses Tokyo Olympics
Chinese swimmer star Sun Yang was banned for more than four years on Tuesday for breaking anti-doping rules, after a retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
High Schools
Prep athletes of the week: Farmington's Paige Zender delivers on her big softball moment
PAIGE ZENDERRosemount • softballLegendary coach Herb Brooks famously said, in his pregame speech to his 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team before it went out and…
Sports
Serie A yet to sell TV rights after Qatar's beIN backed out
Serie A has been unable to sell its Middle East television rights, rejecting the offers made after beIN Sports did not bid over concerns about the Italian league's close relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Twins
Neal: Baseball's crackdown on pitchers had to happen
Major League Baseball is doing the right thing at the wrong time — but it really had little choice. Like it or not, the issue had become too obvious to be ignored.
Twins
Buxton breaks finger, Sano breaks tie with 12th-inning homer, Twins win 5th in row
Miguel Sano's two-run homer ended a 5 hour, 14 minute marathon with Cincinnati, but Byron Buxton suffered a fractured pinkie and will miss significant time.
