The all-but-unbeatable Soviet hockey teams from the 1960s and 1970s dominated via possession. The opponent can’t score if it doesn’t have the puck. The Soviets would hold the puck seemingly forever and force opponents — no matter how talented they were offensively — to chase the game. In getting a point on the road versus the powerful Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, and dominating long stretches ...

The fans who came to Grand Casino Arena on Saturday morning to attend the Minnesota Wild’s Rinkside Rally for season-ticket holders found the ice at practice to have a few happy additions, and a few alarming subtractions. While forward Marcus Foligno and defenseman Jared Spurgeon were skating after missing the previous four and two games, respectively, there was potential cause for alarm when ...

The Minnesota Wild aren't leaving their most dangerous offensive combination to chance. John Hynes and Quinn Hughes explained how the coaching staff is intentionally getting Hughes on the ice with Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy and Joel Eriksson Ek.

Turnovers, odd-man rushes

(AP) — Matt Boldy had his fifth career hat trick as part of a four-point night, Kirill Kaprizov added his league-high ninth goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild held off the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Thursday night.

Perhaps even the Minnesota Wild players were sick of hearing about the injury report. Led by Matt Boldy’s fifth career hat trick, their patched-together lineup quickly erased an early deficit on the way to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night at Grand Casino Arena. Held without a point in the Wild’s first four games of the season, Boldy now has five goals in the past four. He ...

A hat-trick from Matt Boldy led the Wild to a comfortable win over the Blues on Thursday night.

John Hynes is tired of waiting on his top forwards to get going, so he's shaking things up for Kirill Kaprizov and the Minnesota Wild.

Matt Boldy is still searching for his first point of the season, but a matchup against the Florida Panthers could provide the spark he needs.