ESPN Search

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In the middle of a hotly contested playoff series and with a crucial game in the offing, individual awards may seem relatively inconsequential. But when it was revealed Tuesday morning that Ryan Suter was a finalist for the Norr...

Montreal's P.K. Subban, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Minnesota's Ryan Suter are finalists for the Norris Trophy, given annually to the NHL's top defenseman.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- At the same time Minnesota Wild players were stepping onto the ice for practice, workers outside the Xcel Energy Center were putting up a giant sign: Fight To The End. So far in this Western Conference quarterfinals series betwe...

Wild-Blackhawks Preview

CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville wasn't pleased with forward Bryan Bickell after a shift during the third period Tuesday, and Bickell heard all about it when he returned to the bench. Bickell sat there and accepted the criticis...

Here's what you need to know about the Chicago Blackhawks' first-round opponent, the Minnesota Wild: The Wild sputtered into the playoffs. They went 5-8-1 and were outscored 41-25 in April. They scored more than two goals just twice in the month...

Victoria Matiash provides her final top 75 defensemen rankings of the season and projects fantasy values for the 2013-14 NHL campaign, forecasting Ottawa's Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Montreal's P.K. Subban as the top three D-men.

The Minnesota Wild didn't get any help on the scoreboard Thursday night with both the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets winning. So Friday night's game with the Edmonton Oilers does indeed matter, the Wild needing a victory to clinch the...

Craig Custance ranks his top 5 candidates to win the Norris Trophy, with Minnesota's Ryan Suter at No. 1.

Blog | Conversation | April 23, 2013

A year ago at this time, the Nashville Predators entered the playoffs with legitimate title aspirations. It was an exciting time, the club with one of its strongest regular seasons in history and GM David Poile adding parts before the trade deadli...

Blue Jackets-Wild Preview

Give the New Jersey Devils this: Even in the face of the inevitable, there is no quit in them. Down 4-0 to the Boston Bruins by the 3:06 mark of the second period Wednesday night, the Devils kept chipping away, and early in the third they had mad...

Aiming for their first playoff run in 10 years, the Minnesota Wild weren't afraid to go big and get a player like Jason Pominville for the push.

In case you were busy recording your sophomore album, It's Hard Out There (On the Road), here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. The Chicago Bulls used their strength and rebounding advantage to beat Miami, 101-97, snapping the Heat's 27-...

Victoria Matiash updates her Top 75 defenseman rankings and outlines Minnesota Wild D-men who are worth targeting for the final stretch of the season.

Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season and Ryan Suter had two more assists, leading Minnesota past the San Jose Sharks 2-0 on Saturday for the Wild's season-high fifth straight victory.