With 72 games in the books, the Minnesota Wild are holding onto the first wild card spot with 85 points. Right behind them, the St. Louis Blues sit at 83 points, claiming the second and final spot ...

Less than two weeks ago, the St. Louis Blues came to St. Paul for their final head-to-head meeting with the Minnesota Wild this season. The Wild, at the time, had a comfortable position in the ...

Is the Wild's playoff future in peril? Minnesota has 85 points and 32 regulation wins through 72 games, just ahead of the red-hot St. Louis Blues (83 and 28 through 73 games), with the Vancouver ...

As the University of Minnesota hockey team left the ice Thursday night, St. Louis Blues prospect Jimmy Snuggerud stuck around. The Gophers fell 5-4 to the University of Massachusetts in overtime ...

Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, and the Minnesota Wild completed ... times when it mattered most.” The Wild are two points ahead of the St. Louis Blues for the first wild card in the ...

The Blues currently hold the last wild-card spot in the Western Conference, two points behind the Minnesota Wild. Snuggerud's father, Dave Snuggerud, also spent time in the NHL, while his cousin ...

The 20-year-old will join their practice on Monday. The Blues have won eight straight games as they chase the Minnesota Wild for the top Western Conference wild-card spot. They have a five-point ...

then they are in great position to leapfrog the Wild or Blues. Vancouver finishes with six of its last eight at home, where it is 15-13-7. Minnesota has one of the toughest remaining schedules.

As of Dec. 6, the Minnesota Wild were 18-4-4 and atop the NHL standings. Fast-forward to Thursday, and they have a tenuous hold on a wild-card position in the Western Conference. Perhaps most ...

For the Minnesota Wild fans waiting for someone ... With the win, the Wild stayed two points ahead of the Blues, who also won on Thursday, and moved seven points clear of idle Vancouver, which ...

Matt Boldy had the go-ahead goal and an assist in the second period for the Minnesota Wild in a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Frederick Gaudreau had two goals ...

The win brought Vancouver within three points of the St. Louis Blues final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. While the Canucks hunt down a playoff spot, it's the Minnesota Wild who should ...