Cam Talbot was hurt Jan. 22 in the Wild s home opener vs. San Jose, leaving the game ahead of the second period with a lower-body injury that Talbot called a fluke.
Saad has goal, assist as Avalanche top Wild
Brandon Saad had a goal and assist to lead a balanced scoring attack and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Saturday night.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. Brandon Saad had a goal and assist to lead a balanced scoring attack and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Saturday night.
Logan O’Connor, Joonas Donskoi, Mikko Rantanen and J.T. Compher also scored for Colorado, which has won three straight and four of five to take the West Division lead. Ten players had points, including two assists each for Samuel Girard, Andre Burakovsky and Nathan MacKinnon.
But the Wild won t have one of its top goal scorers.
Kevin Fiala was suspended three games by the NHL for a reckless check on Los Angeles Matt Roy during the Wild s 5-3 win Thursday. The incident occurred 5 minutes, 32 seconds into the second period, with Fiala checking Roy from behind into the boards. Roy was down for quite some time, getting evaluated before teammates escorted him off the ice. He returned with the team to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said of the hit, It will be on multiple videos, teaching clips for young players, older players, junior players, pro players on basically what not to do.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Zach Parise helped arrange for Devan Dubnyk's family to attend the game. Then he scored on his friend and former teammate. Parise scored his first goal of the.
Thor is a seven-year-old Golden Retriever by Tyler Savitsky / Wild.com
Each month, Wild.com will feature a Minnesota Wild player and his pet(s), presented by PetSmart.
When Wild defenseman Brad Hunt came to Minnesota, he brought his Golden Retriever Thor along with him.
TS: How many pets do you have, and what breed are they?
BH: I just have one dog. His name is Thor and he is a Golden Retriever.
TS: How old is Thor? Did you get him as a puppy or adopt later?
BH: Thor is almost eight years old now and we got him as a one-year-old. We adopted him from the Sooner Golden Retriever Rescue in Oklahoma City. So we lucked out.