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The Philadelphia Flyers and the Minnesota Wild will face off on Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

TAMPA, Fla. — When the Lightning last played the Wild three weeks ago, they were the victims of a few bad bounces that wound up in their net, resulting in a four-goal loss in Minnesota.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers began Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Wild without their top two goaltenders. Before long, their top defenseman was out of the game (and two of their other top defensemen each missed an extended stretch as well). And, for good measure, they played most of…

WASHINGTON — Pucks weren't all the Wild sent to the crease.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Coyotes have lost more games in a row than the Wild have dropped in the last month-plus.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders still aren’t scoring many goals and this latest effort won’t squelch doubts about the team’s playoff viability. But at least they won this time.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Wild won't start the second half of their season trying to shake off a losing streak.

NEW YORK — The Wild were a discombobulated disaster in a first-game meltdown against the Rangers back in October.

MINNEAPOLIS — Space wasn't in short supply on the Wild bench in the second period.

As sharp as the Wild defense has been this season, they couldn't slow down one of the NHL's best offenses, getting dropped, 6-5 in overtime, by the Sabres on Saturday at KeyBank Center to kick off a weekend back-to-back with just their third loss in the last 12 games.

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