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Vinni Lettieri, with granddad Nanne in booth, scores in Wild win

More Teams. More Games. Vinni Lettieri scores goal vs. Islanders (0:55) NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild center Vinni Lettieri‘s second-period goal Tuesday night was memorable in more ways than one. Not only did it end a nearly two-year drought without a goal, it happened with his grandfather, Wild color commentator Lou Nanne, in the booth […]

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Jack Eichel’s seamless fit with Golden Knights has Cup in sight

Belief can create pressure, and pressure is something Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel has learned to manipulate in ways that work for him. He applied the right amount of it when he aggressively shadowed Ryan Suter when the veteran Stars defenseman had possession of the puck behind the Dallas net in Game 2 of […]

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NHL season preview: Power Rankings, predictions, X factors

More Teams. More Games. Take a look back at some of the NHL’s greatest rookie debuts as we await Connor Bedard‘s first game with the Blackhawks. (1:33) Opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season is Tuesday, with a tripleheader of games on ESPN and ESPN+: Nashville Predators-Tampa Bay Lightning (5:30 p.m. ET), Chicago Blackhawks-Pittsburgh Penguins […]

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Reports: Matt Dumba joins Arizona Coyotes on one-year deal

Dumba played 10 seasons with Minnesota after the Wild selected him with the seventh overall pick in the 2012 NHL draft. He served as an alternate captain for the Wild the past two seasons, playing more of a shutdown role after being one of the league’s better two-way defensemen. The 29-year-old had a 50-point season […]

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NHL season preview: Power rankings, best- and worst-case scenarios and bold predictions

The 2021-22 NHL season is being called a return to normalcy. Last season was an unprecedented one for the NHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Four geographically realigned divisions, including one solely comprising Canadian teams; teams playing only opponents within those divisions; and a new playoff format that eschewed wild-card teams. But it ended just […]

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Fantasy hockey: Way too early 2022-23 rankings

To get the ball rolling on discussions for the fall, we present the way-too-early top 300 fantasy rankings. Connor McDavid, C, Edmonton Oilers Auston Matthews, C, Toronto Maple Leafs Leon Draisaitl, W, Edmonton Oilers Igor Shesterkin, G, New York Rangers Nikita Kucherov, W, Tampa Bay Lightning Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, Tampa Bay Lightning Kirill Kaprizov, W, […]

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Minnesota Wild create salary-cap space, send RFA forward Kevin Fiala, 25, to Los Angeles Kings

The Minnesota Wild traded restricted free agent forward Kevin Fiala to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for the Kings’ 2022 first-round pick and University of Minnesota defenseman Brock Faber on Wednesday. Fiala, 25, had 33 goals and 52 assists for the Wild in 82 games last season, posting a career-best average of 3.5 points […]

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Minnesota Wild want both goalies, Marc-Andre Fleury and Cam Talbot, back next season

The Wild would prefer to keep the pair in place, general manager Bill Guerin said Tuesday, despite their lack of salary cap space and the recent reminder that such enviable depth typically doesn’t mean as much during the playoffs. “There’s no controversy. There’s no drama. We like both goalies. We like both people,” Guerin said. […]

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Fantasy hockey rankings: Championship week best pickups

If the Toronto Maple Leafs pull away from the Tampa Bay Lightning a little more over the next couple of games, they might be in a position to rest toward the end of the season. The Calgary Flames might be in a position soon where their seeding won’t change, but they still might need to […]

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