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Niklas Backstrom rebounded from a rough game and an early exit with 32 saves, and the Minnesota Wild stopped a two-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.

Josh Harding stopped 30 shots to win his fourth straight start, and Dany Heatley and Guillaume Latendresse each scored for Minnesota as the Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Saturday night.

Guillaume Latendresse scored the winning goal in the shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist, and Eric Belanger and Antti Miettinen also scored to help the Minnesota Wild win for the first time in regulation this season, 3-2 over the New York Rangers on Friday night.

Owen Nolan had two goals and an assist to lead the Minnesota Wild past the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2 on Saturday night.

Antti Miettinen scored two third-period goals to help the Wild to a 4-2 victory over the Thrashers.

Marian Gaborik scored his fourth goal in four games and the Wild beat Phoenix 3-1 on Wednesday night, handing goalie Bryzgalov his first loss in five games with the Coyotes.

The Wild traded left winger Pascal Dupuis to the Rangers for another forward, Adam Hall, in a swap of players who weren't fitting in.

Mikko Koivu and Marian Gaborik each scored two goals to help the Wild beat the Avalanche 5-3.

The Avalanche, historically poor closers, failed to seal the deal in Game 5 against Minnesota.

The Minnesota Wild will start Josh Harding in goal in Thursday' critical Game 5 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks, coach Mike Yeo said.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said Wednesday he disagreed with Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo's recent suggestion that the Blackhawks were cheating on faceoffs during their Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Minnesota Wild forward Jason Pominville is questionable for Game 4 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, coach Mike Yeo said.

Injured Chicago Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland and goaltender Ray Emery will not play Friday in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, coach Joel Quenneville said on Thursday.

Craig Custance breaks down the tactics and tendencies of every 2013 Stanley Cup Playoff team with the help of rival players, coaches and scouts.

Mark Letestu and Cam Atkinson scored in a shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Saturday.