Darcy Kuemper

Jason Pominville had a natural hat trick in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 in an exhibition game on Monday night.

Darcy Kuemper is on his way back to Minnesota to try to save the Wild's muddled goaltending situation.

Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding has a broken right foot, putting him out indefinitely.

With a little more than a week away until training camp, talks have stalled between the Minnesota Wild and goaltender Darcy Kuemper.

Nino Niederreiter hesitated for just a moment after scoring the winning goal, not sure whether what he just saw had actually occurred. It happened, all right. His Minnesota teammates suddenly skating over to mob him made the moment real.

Mikael Granlund's diving goal 5:08 into overtime gave the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 win over Semyon Varlamov and the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 on Monday night to pull within 2-1 in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Teenager Nathan MacKinnon is growing up fast. Almost as fast as he skates. The speedy 18-year-old delivered another stellar performance for the Colorado Avalanche, scoring his first NHL postseason goal and dishing out three assists in a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

T.J. Oshie scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and Ryan Miller made 27 saves to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-1 rout over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

The Vancouver Canucks are at the point in the season where every loss could end their playoff hopes. Those hopes are still alive after a big road win over Minnesota.

Depleted by injuries, and maybe just due for a drop-off, the Detroit Red Wings have found their remarkable 22-season streak of reaching the playoffs in jeopardy. Well, with 12 games to go, they are still in line for a spot.