Dany Heatley

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.