Dallas Stars, the NHL's hottest team, Tuesday night's 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild wasn't pretty by any means. Fortunately for the Stars, it's points in the standings that count, rather than style points.

Bowman's big day helps Hurricanes rally for win

The Minnesota Wild put together one of their most consistent efforts in months Monday night as Josh Harding made 33 saves in a 2-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center.

Devin Setoguchi scored the only goal of the shootout and Josh Harding stopped all four Calgary shots in the tiebreaker as the Minnesota Wild beat the Flames 3-2 on Thursday night for their second straight win.

The surging Sabres moved into the final playoff spot in the East by beating the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Saturday night before a packed house at First Niagara Center.

Alex Ovechkin continued his recent resurgence with his ninth goal in seven games, and the Washington Capitals pulled back into the final Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 3-0 victory against the Minnesota Wild at the Verizon Center on Sunday.

Rangers persevered and got the go-ahead goal from Ruslan Fedotenko with 6:23 remaining in regulation for a 3-2 victory against the Minnesota Wild.

Erik Christensen tied the game for Minnesota with 30.3 seconds left in regulation and Mikko Koivu won it 15 seconds into overtime as the Wild defeated the Panthers 3-2 at Xcel Energy Center.

Wild play spoiler again, edge Kings in shootout

While the Minnesota Wild would like to be in the playoff mix right now, they are certainly relishing their role as spoiler.

The Wild won their third straight game by spoiling Chicago's regular-season home finale with a 5-4 shootout victory on Sunday night.

The Nashville Predators moved into sole possession of fourth-place in the Western Conference on Tuesday by beating Minnesota 2-1 at Bridgestone Arena.

Taylor Pyatt scored two goals and Mike Smith was stellar again stopping 23 shots in leading the Coyotes to a 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild.