Oilers win for third time in four games as Khabibulin makes 29 saves

Dustin Penner and Gilbert Brule each scored twice to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.

Breaking down the Western Conference

Bucci is kicking off another NHL season with his annual music-mash preview. Good tunes, predictions, East breakdowns ... it's all right here.

Minnesota Wild players Benoit Pouliot (67), Tyler Cuma (71) and John Scott, upper right, congratulate right wing Martin Havlat (14), of...

Northwest Division preview

Sean Allen looks at every Northwest Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

Moral support

...There are so many things we'll miss." Burish believes the hit by the Wild's Benoit Pouliot in the first period was clean, but he knew right away something was wrong. "They asked...

Wild 3, Blackhawks 0

Wild 3, Blackhawks 0

Blues 3, Wild 1

Blues 3, Wild 1

The best among the rookies and sophs

Sean Allen scans the NHL rookies and sophomores for potential sleepers.

Hiller gets fourth shutout of season as Wild lose ironman Brunette to knee injury

Corey Perry's two goals and Jonas Hiller's fourth shutout this season sent the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

Wild clip Oilers as Backstrom improves to 10-0 against Edmonton

Journeyman Krys Kolanos and scrapper Cal Clutterbuck gave the Minnesota Wild an early lead with first-period goals, and Niklas Backstrom stayed perfect in goal against the Edmonton Oilers with a 5-1 victory.

Wild beat Leighton three times in second to rally by Hurricanes

Stephane Veilleux capped off Minnesota's three-goal second period with a shorthanded tally and the Wild held off the Carolina Hurricanes for a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night.

Change Of Heart

Benoit Pouliot can thank his dad for making him a top NHL prospect. If only he could

Stastny leads Avs' outburst vs. Backstrom, Wild

Paul Stastny had two goals and an assist and the low-scoring Avalanche broke out for a 6-5 win over the Wild.

Backstrom makes big save in OT and Wild get two in SO to dump Jackets

Marek Zidlicky and Antti Miettinen scored in the shootout and Niklas Backstrom made two saves to lift the Minnesota Wild past the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2 on Saturday night.

Wild get excellent work from Backstrom, balanced scoring in win over rival Avs

Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves and Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Benoit Pouliot and Andrew Brunette scored goals in the Minnesota Wild's 3-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.