Minnesota Wild News

Wes Walz and Stephane Veilleux each had a goal and an assist, and the Minnesota Wild rebounded from their first loss with a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. Manny Fernandez made 31 saves as Minnesota easily won a meeting of 6-1 teams, slowing the Sharks' best start in franchise history with four goals on just 14 shots in the first 47 minutes of the finale of a three-game California road trip. One night ...

In this season's first meeting between two teams that figure to be among the best in the NHL's Western Conference, the Ducks were a little bit better than the Wild. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves, defencemen Scott Niedermayer and Sean O'Donnell scored second-period goals, and Anaheim ended Minnesota's season-opening winning streak at six games with a 2-1 victory Friday night. The loss left Buffalo as the NHL's only team with a perfect record. The Sabres defeated Carolina 5-4 ...

Marian Gaborik scored his first goal of the season in overtime, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Wednesday night for their franchise-record sixth consecutive win. Captain Brian Rolston scored the Wild's 1,000th regular-season goal in the first period. Los Angeles tied the game at 18:26 of the same period on Patrick O'Sullivan's first NHL goal, which survived a video review. The Kings dropped their fourth ...

The NHL enters its third week of the season with only three teams sporting perfect records, but it didn't come easy for any of them. Buffalo, Dallas and Minnesota are all 5-0-0 but only seven of those 15 wins were decided in regulation time. ``We might be the best example,'' Wild GM Doug Risebrough said Monday. ``We won two in the shootout, one in overtime, and one in the last ...

Brian Rolston scored two goals and had an assist to help the Minnesota Wild remain unbeaten with a 5-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Manny Fernandez had 24 saves for his first shutout of the season for the Wild (5-0-0), who are off to the best start in franchise history. It was the first regulation loss for Columbus. Minnesota, which entered the game with the NHL's top power-play unit, scored a pair of ...

Mikko Koivu scored the only goal in the shootout, leading the undefeated Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Off to their best start in the franchise's six-year history, the Wild have won each of their four games by one goal _ two by shootout, one in overtime and one with a late comeback. Minnesota's Manny Fernandez rebounded from a rough first period and ...

Jacques Lemaire, in his seventh season coaching the Minnesota Wild, signed a multiyear contract extension Wednesday. He has a 164-168-81 record with the Wild. The 61-year-old Lemaire won the Jack Adams Trophy as the league's top coach for the 2002-03 season, when he led Minnesota to the Western Conference final.

Manny Fernandez entered Tuesday night's game against rival Vancouver determined to put his last ugly outing behind him. He did just that, saving 30 shots in a duel with Roberto Luongo, who was beat on a nifty double-move backhander by Petteri Nummelin in the shootout that lifted the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Canucks. ``He was more lively, more into it,'' coach Jacques Lemaire said of Fernandez. ...

Brian Rolston scored the winning goal with 1:11 remaining and Minnesota tied a team record with five power-play goals in the Wild's 6-5 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. Minnesota improved to 2-0-0 for the first time in franchise history, while Nashville dropped to 0-2-0. The Predators have allowed 14 goals in the two losses. Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik, Mikko Koivu, Todd White and Mark Parrish, a Minnesota native who signed with the Wild as a ...

This is the most anticipated season in the Minnesota Wild's brief history, and they showed a new spirit along with several acquisitions in their opener. Todd White scored 1:03 into overtime, and Minnesota overcame two goals by Colorado's Brad Richardson for a 3-2 victory over the Avalanche on Thursday night. ``It just seemed like that puck was going to go in, no matter what,'' said Wild goalie Manny Fernandez, who ...

Michal Handzus had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in the final pre-season game for both teams. Bryan Smolinski, Radim Vrbata and Rene Borque also scored for Chicago (7-1), and Nikolai Khabibulin made 21 saves. Marian Gaborik scored for the Wild (3-3).