Hughes now owns another Wild record, a 12-game points streak to start a season, but he still doesn’t have a contract extension.

Boldly was held without a point in the Wild’s first four games of the season, but now has five goals in the last four.

With captain Jared Spurgeon out, veteran Jonas Brodin was looked upon to fill a leadership role.

The National Hockey League’s protracted negotiations with DirecTV and Comcast continue.

Tuesday’s first period — featuring a pair of goals from Kirill Kaprizov and the seventh consecutive game with a point from Quinn Hughes — was indicative of how much Minnesota’s stars can mean in times...

Kirill Kaprizov scores twice, but Wild have to play without captain Jared Spurgeon.

The normally notable crowd noise inside Grand Casino Arena stopped abruptly, like someone has hit a mute button somewhere

With Edmonton, Pickard played 10 playoff games in 2025 during the Oilers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final, and was often part of a goalie tandem with Stuart Skinner, who is now Winnipeg’s primary goalie.

Minnesota’s penalty kill, which has been nearly perfect this season, was 5-for-5 on the night. Opponents have scored one man-advantage goal in 22 opportunities versus the Wild this season.

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“We’ve talked throughout the years. I have a lot of respect for him,” said Wild coach John Hynes, who matched wits with Hakstol in the USHL and when both were rookie NHL coaches in the 2015-16 season.

“In Calgary definitely you couldn’t go anywhere without getting recognized,” Coleman said following the team’s Monday morning skate at TRIA Rink.

Moved into a line with Matt Boldy and Joel Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov scored his seventh career hat trick in the Wild’s 4-1 victory over the Panthers in Sunrise, Fla.

Saturday’s first period was the textbook example of how to play on the road, with the Wild taking a lead in the game’s opening minute.

Asked what the Panthers could do to limit the effectiveness of Hughes, Florida coach Paul Maurice was at a loss following the team’s Saturday morning skate.

The Wild officially placed forward Nick Foligno on injured reserve Friday morning, and their afternoon skate at the Panthers’ practice facility in Fort Lauderdale was less crowded than normal.

Among those in the pressbox in Tampa on Thursday was Shawn Horcoff, the NHL veteran currently serving as the general manager in Detroit.

For the first time in five years, the Gophers will be playing without Abbey Murphy, who scored 40 goals in 31 games for the U last season.

Neither team scored in the opening period, but the Wild had a case to make that they should’ve made the first mark on the scoreboard.

Two games into the season, the Wild shuffled off to Buffalo having allowed just two goals thanks in part to a combination of excellent goaltending from Jesper Wallstedt and a defensive corps determine...