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Wild Beat Colorado To Win Season Opener

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:37:59 +0000

The Minnesota Wild fell behind 1-0 in the first period before scoring 3 straight goals in the 3rd to lead 3-1. Colorado cut the lead to 3-2 before Minnesota scored the final goal in the 3rd period to secure the win.

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Wild Close Season With 4-1 Loss To Coyotes

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:51:25 +0000

The Minnesota Wild gave up 2 first period goals and lost 4-1 at home to Phoenix Saturday night to close the 2011-2012 season. Dany Heatley scored the lone Minnesota goal and Niklas Backstrom had 24 saves. Heatley's goal is his 24th.

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Nashville Downs Wild 2-1 In Overtime Shootout

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:46:33 +0000

The Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Nashville Tuesday night. Dany Heatley scored the lone Minnesota goal and Niklas Backstrom had 23 saves. The loss ends a 3-game win streak for the Wild. Minnesota outshot Nashville 26-24. The Wild are 34-35-11 and they have 2 games left.

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Wild Beat Phoenix 3-2 In Shootout

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:09:12 +0000

The Minnesota Wild downed Phoenix 3-2 in an overtime shootout Thursday night. Dany Heatley scored the game-winner in the shootout for Minnesota. Kyle Brodziak and Steve Kampfer each scored a goal for the Wild in regulation and Matt Hackett had 15 saves after replacing Josh Harding. Harding had 24 saves and no goals allowed for the Wild.

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Ducks Beat Wild 2-1

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:25:29 +0000

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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Canucks Beat Wild 5-2

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:36:57 +0000

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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Predators Rally Past Wild 5-4

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:35:35 +0000

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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Wild Beat Dallas 5-2

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:19:12 +0000

The Minnesota Wild beat Dallas 5-2 Saturday night. The Wild scored 3 goals in a 59-second span in the 2nd period to cruise to the win. Dany Heatley had a goal and 2 assists and Chad Rau had his first NHL goal for Minnesota. Josh Harding had 23 saves in net for Minnesota.

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Wild Slide Continues With Loss At Calgary

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:25:30 +0000

The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 at Calgary Saturday night and have now lost 11 of their last 12 games. The game was scoreless through 2 periods before Calgary scored 3 times in the 3rd. Dany Heatley scored the lone Wild goal and Niklas Backstrom had 33 saves.

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Nashville Edges Wild 2-1 In Shootout

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:00:19 +0000

The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Nashville Wednesday night. Dany Heatley scored the game-tying goal with 3:59 left in regulation. Josh Harding had 24 saves for Minnesota. The Wild outshot Nashville 35-25. The Wild still earn a point for the overtime loss.

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Edmonton Downs Wild 4-1

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:27 +0000

Edmonton extended the Minnesota Wild losing streak to 6 games after a 4-1 win for the Oilers Thursday night. Minnesota fell behind 4-0 after 2 periods. Dany Heatley scored the lone Wild goal in the 3rd period and Niklas Backstrom had 27 saves for Minnesota.

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Wild Rally To Beat Nashville 3-2

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:19:42 +0000

The Minnesota Wild scored 3 3rd period goals to rally past Nashville 3-2 Wednesday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Kyle Brodziak, Cal Clutterbuck and Dany Heatley each scored a goal for the Wild. Mikko Koivu added 2 assists for Minnesota. Josh Harding had 23 saves for Minnesota. Niklas Backstrom was a late scratch due to injury.

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Wild, Backstrom Blank Flames 3-0

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:21:37 +0000

The Minnesota Wild have won 5 games in a row after a 3-0 win over Calgary on the road Tuesday night. Niklas Backstrom had 41 saves to get the shutout in net for Minnesota. Dany Heatley had a goal and an assist, Darrell Powe and Guillaume Latendresse each added a goal for the Wild. Heatley leads the team with 10 points.

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Wild Edge Edmonton In Shootout

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:20:19 +0000

The Minnesota Wild won 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Edmonton Thursday night. Dany Heatley scored the lone Wild goal in regulation with just :02 left. Matt Cullen scored the game-winning goal in the shootout for Minnesota. Niklas Backstrom had 30 saves for the Wild.

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Wild Lose To St. Louis

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:35:09 +0000

The Minnesota Wild lost 4-3 to St. Louis in a preseason game Tuesday night. Minnesota led 3-2 after 2 periods but couldn't hold onto the lead. Dany Heatley had 2 assists and Marek Zidlicky, Mikko Koivu and Brett Bullmer each scored a goal for Minnesota. Niklas Backstrom had 22 saves for the Wild.

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Wild Make Good Move To Acquire Heatley

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:42:53 +0000

The Minnesota Wild needed scoring and a go-to scorer and they may have got one by trading Martin Havlat for Dany Heatley. Heatley is a goal-scorer and Havlat is not. Havlat is best suited to setup teammates where Heatley is more of a Marion Gaborik type that is looking for score first. He had 64 points with 26 goals with San Jose in 2010-2011.

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Wild Trade For Heatley; Sign Harding

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:10:24 +0000

The Minnesota Wild traded for left winger Dany Heatley Sunday with San Jose and send forward Martin Havlat to the Sharks in exchange. Heatley is a 30-year old goal scorer who had 26 goals and 38 assists for San Jose last season. He scored 64 points. The Wild will be the 4th NHL team for Heatley.

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