Wild's Kirill Kaprizov Wins Calder Trophy, Making Him NHL's Top Rookie
The 24-year-old Russian was awarded the Calder Trophy Tuesday, making him the first player in franchise history to win it.
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The 24-year-old Russian was awarded the Calder Trophy Tuesday, making him the first player in franchise history to win it.
Target Field will be ringing in the new year with some Minnesota Wild hockey.
The Minnesota Wild's assistant general manager Tom Kurvers has died of lung cancer at 58 years old, the team announced Monday.
Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin announced Wednesday that veteran hockey executive Ray Shero will be his senior advisor.
Relegated to the fourth line down the stretch of Minnesota's season and left off the ice for the beginning of the playoffs, Zach Parise was not pleased with his diminished role. The people responsible understood his frustration as well as anyone.
Pivoting further away from the core and identity of the teams of the previous seven years, before the advent of the coronavirus and the arrival of Kirill Kaprizov, the Wild entered a new era with the dynamic Russian left wing at the forefront of their attack.
Mattias Janmark had his first career hat trick and the Vegas Golden Knights eliminated the Minnesota Wild with a 6-2 win Friday night in Game 7 of their opening-round series.
The winner of the first-round series will advance to face the Colorado Avalanche, who tied the Golden Knights for the best regular-season record.
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist in the third period to break open a scoreless game, Cam Talbot had his second shutout of the series and the Minnesota Wild again staved off elimination with a 3-0 victory over Vegas on Wednesday night.
Keeping up with the skill, speed and strength of the Vegas Golden Knights has been every bit the challenge that was expected for the Minnesota Wild. Thanks to Cam Talbot, they haven't yet had to give up the chase.
The Minnesota Wild scored four goals in the first four games of their opening-round playoff tilt with the Vegas Golden Knights and fell behind 3-1 in the series.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves for his 16th career postseason shutout, Nicolas Roy scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota 4-0 in Game 4 of the first-round playoff series on Saturday night to push the Wild to the verge of elimination.
The Vegas Golden Knights trudged into the locker room at the first intermission with little to like, other than the time left in the game.
Visit St. Paul said travel and tourism businesses in Ramsey County lost around $1 billion in sales last year, and 15,000 to 20,000 jobs.
The Vegas Golden Knights stuck to a true rotation for their goaltenders down the stretch of the season, alternating Marc-Andre Fleury without much dropoff in performance to Robin Lehner.
The NHL said it had investigated multiple positive COVID-19 test results from the Blues and Vegas Golden Knights from the same laboratory. The league said the results had "peculiarities and similarities" and found them to be testing errors.
The Vegas Golden Knights hadn't faced a 2-0 deficit in their first eight playoff series since joining the league in 2017.
Joel Eriksson Ek's goal at 3:20 of overtime lifted the Minnesota Wild past the Vegas Golden Knights 1-0 in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday.
Minnesota Wild forward has been fined for a dangerous trip in the matchup against St. Louis Blues Thursday night.
David Perron, Brayden Schenn, and Jordan Kyrou each scored twice and the St. Louis Blues scored seven straight goals to erase a first-period deficit and beat the Minnesota Wild 7-3 on Thursday night.
Ville Husso stopped 31 shots for his first career shutout and David Perron had a goal and two assists in the St. Louis Blues' 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night.
Victor Rask scored 2:46 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Saturday night.
The teams finish their season series on Saturday in Minnesota.
The start time for the Minnesota Wild's May 12 game against the St. Louis Blues has been moved, the NHL announced Thursday.
Alex Pietrangelo scored at 1:53 of overtime, giving the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory after another late rally by the Minnesota Wild.
