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Jason Spezza was skating up the right side in his first playoff game with the Dallas Stars when he faked a slap shot. After skating a few more feet, he flicked his wrist and sent the puck into the upper right corner of the net.
The Stars are, of course, the team that played its first 26 years in Minnesota before leaving in 1993.
For the fourth year in a row, the Minnesota Wild are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where they will once again face the champion from the Central Division.
This isn't the way you're supposed to go into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, without Zach Parise, Thomas Vanek and nursing a five-game losing skid.
The Minnesota Wild have signed former first-round draft pick Alex Tuch to a three-year, entry-level contract starting next season.
They're big underdogs, but here are four reasons why the Wild can pull off the upset against the Stars and advance.
Minnesota Wild leading-scorer Zach Parise will miss at least the first two games of the playoffs and likely more because of an upper-body injury.
More than two decades after moving the North Stars to Dallas and rebranding them as the Stars, Norm Green is still one of the most hated men in Minnesota.
Jarret Stoll has been down these roads before and found a way to come out on top.
The Minnesota Wild announced Tuesday it will host a pep rally ahead of Game 1 in Dallas and hold a viewing party for Game 2 against the Stars in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Minnesota Wild is the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs for the Stanley Cup, and they'll face the No. 1-seeded Dallas Stars in the opening round.
The only thing Darcy Kuemper can do as he prepares for the playoffs is prepare for the playoffs. You have to stay ready.
Patrick Sieloff scored the go-ahead goal in his first NHL game and Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves against his former team, leading the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Minnesota Wild left wing Thomas Vanek will miss the start of the team's first-round playoff series with an upper-body injury he recently aggravated.
The Minnesota Wild have clinched a playoff spot. But if they continue to play the way they have been playing the last four games, they are not going to be in the playoffs for very long.
There are two Central Division foes that Minnesota could see in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
I've heard a lot of Minnesota Wild fans talking about how the team "backed into the playoffs." I'm not one of those fans.
James Reimer made 29 saves for his third shutout in eight games and the San Jose Sharks beat the playoff-bound Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Tuesday night.
Minnesota dropped its third straight game and squandered a chance to clinch a playoff spot.
If you're looking for a reason behind their recent surge into the playoff picture, Jared Spurgeon is a good place to start.
Cody Ceci got a goal with 3:57 left that deflected off two Minnesota players to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Wild 3-2 on Thursday night.
He's still recovering from getting a stick to the nose, but make no mistake, Charlie Coyle will be called upon as a key cog going down the stretch.
The Minnesota Wild have turned yet another season around, just in time. This year, John Torchetti's takeover of the team was the stimulus.
Jared Spurgeon, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period to lift surging Minnesota to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night, stretching the Wild's season-long winning streak to six straight games.
Assuming they make the playoffs, here are four reasons why the Wild have potential once they get there.
