#minnesota-wild

#minnesota-wild

For the first time ever, the Dallas Stars and Seattle Kraken will meet in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.This series will pit the second-place team in the Central Division, the Stars, against the top wild card team in the Western Conference, the Kraken.The teams met three times this season, all within a span of two weeks in March.

Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Minnesota Wild have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the first round.Minnesota led in the series on two occasions: after winning Game 1 and after winning Game 3. Three straight losses, however, ended this group's season.In the final two games of the series, they lost by a combined score of 8-1.

Here are today's news and links:


Mollie Walker highlights the chemistry the unit of Vladimir Tarasenko, Mika Zibanejad, and Artemiy Panarin have began to develop on the team's top forward line (NY Post)
Colin Stephenson notes that the aforementioned trio of forwards are just one part of the team starting to jell at the right time (Newsday)
Brian Abate points out the contributions Jacob Trouba has made to the Blueshirts since Ryan Lindgren went down with an injury (The Hockey Writers)
Matt Grazel lists four players that are unlikely to return following this season (The Hockey Writers)




The Buffalo Sabres agreed to a three year, entry-level contract with goaltender Devon Levi (TSN)
St. Louis Blues' goaltender Jordan Binnington has been suspended two games for acting like an oversized toddler and throwing a temper tantrum during his team's recent game against the Minnesota Wild (NBC Sports)

Each season, there are always a few older veterans on teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs searching for their first championship.Entering the Conference Finals, there are a handful of great veterans to highlight on all of the four teams.So many players play their entire career without winning the Stanley Cup, for some, winning the trophy comes right at the tail end of their career.

The Boston Bruins will try to cap off their five-game road trip with a victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday afternoon, playing the second game of a back-to-back.Boston will take the ice at KeyBank Center after earning a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.It will mark the fourth and final meeting between the Bruins and Sabres this season.

David Pastrnak came up big in the Boston Bruins 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.Pastrnak was highlighted as a player to watch prior to the game and delivered with a goal and an assist in the contest.Pastrnak's second period goal was his first power play goal in 22nd games and his 47th goal this season.

A good logo design for a sports team needs to accomplish a lot.It has to be simple enough to work across an array of merchandise, it needs to convey a team's history and, ideally it should please fans.Somehow the new Cleveland Browns logo has achieved that while packing in a whole kennel full of hidden references.

Designers can sometimes pack a lot into a logo design: historic symbolism, local geographical references... even the occasional optical illusion.The Minnesota Wild logo manages to fit in all three.The team's been playing in the US National Hockey League for over a decade now, and its logo has become a familiar sight.

The San Jose Sharks experienced a brief time of peace in their goaltending department a few seasons ago.They were able to bring in James Reimer as a free agent following the buyout of long-time Sharks goaltender Martin Jones.They had an ever-evolving group of goaltending prospects, including Benjamin Gaudreau, Strauss Mann, and more.

The Philadelphia Flyers, under general manager Danny Briere, have commenced a rebuild.Briere kicked that off last Tuesday when he sent defenseman Ivan Provorov to the Columbus Blue Jackets and received multiple draft picks and other futures in return.That rebuild is certainly not done after just one trade and rumors are swirling about multiple of the Flyers' top-six forwards being on the move this summer.

Former Capital Marcus Johansson will have some rare job security after playing for six different teams over the last four years.Johansson signed a two-year, $4 million deal with the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, that will keep the Swedish forward in St. Paul through the 2024-25 season.The contract nets Johansson nearly a one million dollar raise over his $1.1 million salary last season.

The Washington Capitals and Minnesota Wild game got feisty in the second period.Evgeny Kuznetsov threw a punch at a Wild player and Matt Irwin fought Mason Shaw as time expired.In the third period, more scores were settled as Matt Dumba targeted Kuznetsov with a high, blindside hit as the Capitals forward moved the puck out of the defensive zone.

The Washington Capitals may be without their captain again for the second time in less than a week when they square up with the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.The Washington Post's Roman Stubbs reports that head coach Peter Laviolette has listed Alex Ovechkin as a game-time decision.Ovi missed a game against the New York Rangers last week and was a game-time decision against the Buffalo Sabres the next day but did play.

The Washington Capitals announced that they have recalled goaltender Zach Fucale from the Hershey Bears late in the afternoon on Saturday.The news comes after regular number one netminder Darcy Kuemper left practice earlier in the day with an upper-body injury.The Caps are flying to Minnesota to take on the Wild in a Sunday matinee matchup.

2023 Player Reviews101 points.Need we say more?Writing a player review like this one can be intimidating.All the ones that have come before are players that virtually no one in the NHL is looking at.Okay, well, they're looking at them, but not closely.However, Karlsson's season has been dissected ad naseam by pundits worldwide.

This week Evgeny Kuznetsov shot down a report that he had requested a trade.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) Once the Washington Capitals finished practice in Arlington on Monday, a few veterans returned to the locker room to get dressed in their red game uniforms.Among them was center Evgeny Kuznetsov, who was due back on the ice to be photographed for team marketing.

Wild forward Ryan Hartman drives to the net against Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren in the first period Sunday.(Stacy Bengs/AP) ST.PAUL, Minn. - The lasting image of the Washington Capitals' 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild arrived early in the third period Sunday, when center Evgeny Kuznetsov remained facedown after a blind-side hit.

Sharks Pride Night isn't about Pride anymore.At least in terms of narrative, after James Reimer announced Saturday that he will not be wearing a Pride warmup jersey for Sharks Pride Night at SAP Center.The Sharks announced their Pride Night initiatives earlier this week, but there was some question whether every Shark would participate.

Taylor Hall has been sidelined since suffering a lower-body injury against the Vancouver Canucks in February, but the Boston Bruins forward took a big step Friday.According to The Athletic's Fluto Shinzawa, Hall, who's on long-term injured reserve, was skating at Warrior Ice Arena for presumably the first time since sustaining his injury.

The Bruins have been the NHL's best team for essentially the entire 2022-23 season, but they know there's still a ways to go before the regular season comes to a close.Boston was the first team to clinch a playoff berth, the first (and fastest) team to 50 wins and is the favorite to win the Stanley Cup.