SB Nation Minnesota - Wild Vs. Stars: Minnesota Snaps 4-Game Losing Streak With 5-2 Winhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48959/mn-fave.png2012-01-22T00:12:56-06:00http://minnesota.sbnation.com/rss/stream/24881372012-01-22T00:12:56-06:002012-01-22T00:12:56-06:00Wild Vs. Stars Final Score: Minnesota Ends Losing Skid With 5-2 Win Over Dallas
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Minnesota Wild</a> ended their four-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 5-2 win over the unhealthy <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.defendingbigd.com/">Dallas Stars</a>. Minnesota had lost 15 of their last 17 games and fallen out of the playoff picture before this win. </p>
<p>Minnesota was behind 2-1 in the second period, but answered Dallas' <span>Philip Larsen's</span> go-ahead goal with four (4!) unanswered. </p>
<p>Three of Minnesota's goals came in the second period less than a minute from each other -- <span>Cal Clutterbuck</span> scored 13:37 into the second, <span>Chad Rau</span> scored his first goal of the season 14 seconds later, and <span>Kyle Brodziak</span> scored 45 seconds after that. <span>Dany Heatley</span> added the cherry on top 1:29 into the third period. </p>
<p>The win pushed Minnesota into eighth place in the Western Conference standings, but Colorado is about to win to take over that spot. Minnesota can take it right back when they play on Tuesday. </p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">For more on the Minnesota Wild, check out <a href="http://www.hockeywilderness.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #113d85; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Hockey Wilderness</a>. For an opposing viewpoint, go to </i><a href="http://www.defendingbigd.com/" target="_blank" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #113d85; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Defending Big D</a><i style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">. You can also head over to SB Nation's main NHL hub at <a href="http://sbnation.com/nhl" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #113d85; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">SBNation.com/NHL</a>.</i></span></p>
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<figcaption>TORONTO, CANADA - JANUARY 19: Cal Clutterbuck #22 of the Minnesota Wild traps a puck in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 19, 2012 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) | Getty Images</figcaption>
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<p>For more on the Minnesota Wild, check out <a href="http://www.hockeywilderness.com/" target="new">Hockey Wilderness</a>.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Minnesota Wild</a> were leading the NHL in points and were firmly atop the Northwest Division at one point in the season, but it seems like that was such a long time ago, at this point. Since a seven-game winning streak at the end of November and beginning of January, the Wild have lost 15 of their last 16 games, and are presently on a four-game losing streak. Luckily, they have a chance to snap that streak against a team that is on a slump almost as bad as their own, and one they got the better of in their last outing.</p>
<p>Minnesota will play host to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.defendingbigd.com/">Dallas Stars</a> on Saturday, the first meeting between these two teams this season. Their last meeting was the final game of the 2010-11 season, when the Wild came back with three third-period goals to take a 5-3 win to deny the Stars a playoff berth. Presently, they're both on four-game losing streak. Minnesota is back at home for the first time in four games, hoping to get back in the win column following losses of 5-2, 5-1 and 4-1, the latter being their most recent loss in Toronto.</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see which team wins and gets back to winning ways, because both of them boast talented rosters and neither of them are technically out of things in regards to the playoffs. The game is set for 8:00 p.m. central.</p>
<p><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07601866032928228"><i>For more on the Minnesota Wild, check out <a href="http://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Hockey Wilderness</a>. For an opposing viewpoint, go to </i><a href="http://www.defendingbigd.com/" target="_blank">Defending Big D</a><i>. You can also head over to SB Nation's main NHL hub at <a href="http://sbnation.com/nhl">SBNation.com/NHL</a>.</i></span></p>
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