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Posted On Saturday, 12.05.2015 / 2:39 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Avalanche at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Colorado Avalanche have a chance to finish their four-game road trip with a winning record when they play the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; FS-N, ALT).

It is the first of home-and-home games between the teams; they play again in Denver on Monday.

The Avalanche (11-14-1) have won their past two games, including a 2-1 win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. The Wild (13-7-4) will be the third opponent on the road swing that made the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season.

"It'd be really good for us [to go home with a winning record on the trip]," Avalanche forward Jarome Iginla said. "We're trying to get back into the playoff picture and for the last four weeks, we've been on the road for three of them."

Posted On Thursday, 12.03.2015 / 2:01 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Maple Leafs at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk will start Thursday (8 p.m. ET; TSN4, FS-N, FS-WI) against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Xcel Energy Center.

That is, unless his wife Jennifer gives birth to the couple's second child, a boy who is due Friday.

The couple's first son, Nathaniel, was born in August 2013, a month before the start of training camp. It allowed Devan the opportunity to be in the delivery room and be around his wife and new child for the first several weeks of his life.

"There really wasn't this concern around it; it was a little different situation," Dubnyk said. "But some things are more important. We're very excited and everyone is healthy right now and that's the important thing."

Posted On Saturday, 11.28.2015 / 1:48 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Stars at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Forward Justin Fontaine appears set to return for the Minnesota Wild when they play the Dallas Stars at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; FS-SW+, FS-N, FS-WI).

Fontaine has missed the past 11 games with a sprained knee sustained in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 30.

"It gives you some more tools and we're going to be able to reassemble our lines the way they were a little earlier in the year when we were having success," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "It gives us four lines. We haven't really had this luxury lately. There is a little more competition internally."

Posted On Wednesday, 11.25.2015 / 1:42 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Canucks at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild can't seem to shake the flu bug.

Forward Jordan Schroeder will be out when the Wild host the Vancouver Canucks, who drafted him in 2009, at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday (SN1, SNP, FS-N+).

Wild coach Mike Yeo thought on Tuesday his team had rid itself of the illness that went through several players during a recent four-game road trip.

But Yeo arrived at the arena on Wednesday and learned that Schroeder likely would be out. Minnesota recalled forward Christoph Bertschy from Iowa of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions.

Posted On Saturday, 11.21.2015 / 5:47 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Predators at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker will be in the lineup against the Nashville Predators at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-TN) after taking a slash at the end of the game on Thursday.

With less than 10 seconds remaining against the Boston Bruins Thursday, Zucker took a stick to the back of the left knee from forward Matt Beleskey. Zucker was help of teammates, putting no weight on his leg as he left.

"At first it was painful, then it was numb after that," Zucker said.

Posted On Tuesday, 11.10.2015 / 2:46 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Jets at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Defenseman Marco Scandella will not play for the Minnesota Wild when they host the Winnipeg Jets at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-N).

Scandella, who was not at practice Monday, is away from the Wild because of a family matter and it is unclear when he will return. The Wild open a four-game road trip Thursday against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The plan for now is to bring Scandella's equipment on the road and slot him back into the lineup upon his return.

"I think even with a healthy lineup we'd have to be at our best," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We're going to have to find a way even more [without Scandella]."

Posted On Saturday, 11.07.2015 / 2:04 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Lightning at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild forward Christoph Bertschy will make his NHL debut Saturday when the Wild host the Tampa Bay Lightning at Xcel Energy Center (8 p.m. ET; SUN, FS-N).

The Wild lost forward Zach Parise to a sprained MCL in his right knee on Thursday, causing coach Mike Yeo to do some line juggling. Parise is out week-to-week, opening a spot for Bertschy, who will begin the game with Erik Haula and Thomas Vanek on Minnesota's third line.

Bertschy, a sixth-round selection by the Wild in the 2012 NHL Draft, was recalled Saturday morning from Iowa of the American Hockey League, where he is tied for the team lead with two goals and six points.

"I'm pretty excited, obviously a little nervous," Bertschy said. "System-wise, it's pretty much the same as it is down in Iowa. [Wild coach Mike Yeo] will talk to me before the game and we'll just go from there."

Posted On Thursday, 11.05.2015 / 2:08 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Predators at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- For the first time this season, the Nashville Predators will play a team from inside the Central Division when they wrap up a four-game road trip against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center.

Nashville is the final team in the NHL to play an intra-divisional game. No division in the League has more combined wins than the Central, which has 52 among the seven teams. The next closest is the Atlantic Division, which has 47 victories but also has eight teams.

"The games are competitive. I'm sure they are all over the League, but good teams, play competitive, fast, physical," Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. "We seem to have good competition with each other."

Five points separate the first-place Dallas Stars from the sixth-place Chicago Blackhawks, also making the Central the League's tightest division.

Posted On Friday, 10.30.2015 / 1:42 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Blackhawks at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild will get their first crack at the Chicago Blackhawks since being swept out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season at Xcel Energy Center on Friday (8 p.m. ET; CSN-CH, FS-N).

Having been eliminated by Chicago in each of the last three postseasons, the Wild say their focus has moved to this game and they are looking at it as a chance to see how they measure up against one of the NHL's elite teams. Minnesota plays against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, but Wild coach Mike Yeo said he hasn't given a moment of thought to that game.

"All my focus has been on tonight," Yeo said.

Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who struggled out of the gate this season, has been better of late and said Friday will provide him with a stiff challenge.

"Just a difficult game. I don't look back to last year," Dubnyk said. "We're early in the season still and we're trying to build to what we want to do and how we want to play and get some wins along the way.

"If anything, you just approach it like a difficult game because it's always a good team over there. They always give a good challenge and we know we're going to have to be good."

Posted On Tuesday, 10.27.2015 / 2:06 PM

By Dan Myers -  NHL.com Correspondent /NHL.com - 2015-16 At the Rink blog

At the Rink: Oilers at Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk said his sore knee is feeling better and he will get the start Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers at Xcel Energy Center (8 p.m. ET; SNOL, FS-N, FS-WI).

Dubnyk first complained of soreness Saturday after a 3-0 win against the Anaheim Ducks. He remained in that game and also played Sunday after backup Darcy Kuemper allowed four goals on 18 shots in a 5-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

Kuemper lasted 51 seconds into the second period before giving way to Dubnyk, who made 14 saves on 15 shots the rest of the way. But after a series of saves during the second period, Dubnyk struggled to get to his feet and was in obvious pain.

"Just some irritation and inflammation," Dubnyk said. "We checked it out after Saturday and structurally it was fine."

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