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The Wild downed Boston 2-0 Sunday afternoon to end their 7-game losing streak. Chad Rau and Matt Cullen each scored a goal for Minnesota and Niklas Backstrom had 48 saves for the Wild to get the shutout in net. Minnesota was outshot 48-29.

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The Minnesota Wild lost their 7th straight game 4-0 against St. Louis Saturday afternoon. Josh Harding had 30 saves for the Wild. Minnesota was outshot 34-13. The Wild allowed 1 goal in the first period, 2 in the 2nd and 1 more in the 3rd.

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The Minnesota Wild scored 3 goals but lost 4-3 to Winnipeg in an overtime shootout Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Devin Setoguchi scored 2 goals and Mikko Koivu scored 1 for the Wild. Niklas Backstrom had 24 saves for the Wild. Minnesota was outshot 27-25.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 at home to Anaheim Tuesday night. Dany Heatley scored the lone Wild goal and Josh Harding had 23 saves for Minnesota. Corey Perry scored the game-winning goal for the Ducks in the 3rd period.

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The Minnesota Wild have recalled defenseman Marco Scandella and forward Kris Foucault from the Houston Aeros of the AHL. The roster spots were available when Brad Staubitz was sent to Houston and defenseman Clayton Stoner was put on injured reserve with a lower body injury.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 5-2 Thursday night to Vancouver at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Dany Heatley gave the Wild a 1-0 lead scoring just :13 seconds into the game. That sets a franchise record for quickest goal. Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi each scored a goal and Niklas Backstrom had 15 saves for the Wild.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 at Columbus to the Blue Jackets Tuesday night. Nate Prosser scored the lone Minnesota goal and Niklas Backstrom had 34 saves. The Wild were outshot 37-29. The Wild failed to score on the power play while Columbus had 2 power play goals.

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The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Nate Prosser to a 2-year contract extension Monday. Prosser had 6 assists in 23 games for the Wild this season. In games he's played the Wild are 14-7-2.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout Saturday night to the Dallas Stars. Jamie Benn scored the game-winning goal in the shootout for Dallas. Kyle Brodziak scored the lone goal for Minnesota in regulation. Niklas Backstrom had 25 saves. The Wild outshot Dallas 34-26.

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The Minnesota Wild suffered a devastating loss at home to Nashville 5-4 Tuesday night. Minnesota took a 4-1 lead early in the 3rd period but Nashville came stormin' back to tie the game at 4 with 3 minutes left and scored the game-winner with :24 seconds remaining. Dany Heatley had 2 goals and 1 assist, Kyle Brodziak and Cal Clutterbuck each scored 1 goal for Minnesota. Josh Harding had 25 saves for the Wild.

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