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Wild close out regular season against Blues

Apr 7, 2007 - 5:32 PM St Louis (34-34-13) at Minnesota (47-26-8) 8:00 pm EDT

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Wild are headed back to the playoffs for the first time since a run to the Western Conference finals in 2003.

The Wild close out their regular season against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

Minnesota still has a chance to win the Northwest Division, trailing Vancouver (48-25-7) by one point. But the Canucks have two games remaining.

Just like in 2003, Minnesota is riding the play of some stellar goaltending into the playoffs. In 2003, Dwayne Roloson and Manny Fernandez shared the duties in net.

This season, the Wild are relying on the broad shoulders of rookie Niklas Backstrom. The 29-year-old Finish netminder has five shutouts this season and a 1.27 goals against average in his last 11 starts.

Right wing Marian Gaborik scored his 30th goal of the season in a 3-0 win over Edmonton on Thursday. He has 18 points in the last 13 games.

The Blues will miss the playoffs for the second straight season. They are 1-2-0 against Minnesota this season.








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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    ST LOUIS 0 1 0 1
    MINNESOTA 2 1 2 5 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 20 (TODD WHITE, STEPHANE
    VEILLEUX) 8:05
    MIN - BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC 11 (MARIAN GABORIK, BRENT BURNS)
    16:09
    2ND PRD: STL - PETER SEJNA 3 (UNASSISTED) 2:47
    MIN - WES WALZ 9 (MARIAN GABORIK, KIM

    Apr 7 10:26 PM


  • NHL
    ST LOUIS 1
    MINNESOTA 5
    3RD PRD: MIN - (PP) WYATT SMITH 3 (MARTIN SKOULA, KURTIS FOSTER) 18:28

    Blues vs. WildApr 7 10:23 PM


  • NHL
    ST LOUIS 1
    MINNESOTA 4
    3RD PRD: MIN - WYATT SMITH 2 (NICK SCHULTZ, ADAM HALL) 2:36

    Blues vs. WildApr 7 9:56 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    ST LOUIS 0 1 1
    MINNESOTA 2 1 3 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 20 (TODD WHITE, STEPHANE
    VEILLEUX) 8:05
    MIN - BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC 11 (MARIAN GABORIK, BRENT BURNS)
    16:09
    2ND PRD: STL - PETER SEJNA 3 (UNASSISTED) 2:47
    MIN - WES WALZ 9 (MARIAN

    Apr 7 9:33 PM


  • NHL
    ST LOUIS 1
    MINNESOTA 3
    2ND PRD: MIN - WES WALZ 9 (MARIAN GABORIK, KIM JOHNSSON) 6:27

    Blues vs. WildApr 7 9:10 PM


  • NHL
    ST LOUIS 1
    MINNESOTA 2
    2ND PRD: STL - PETER SEJNA 3 (UNASSISTED) 2:47

    Blues vs. WildApr 7 9:06 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    ST LOUIS 0 0
    MINNESOTA 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 20 (TODD WHITE, STEPHANE
    VEILLEUX) 8:05
    MIN - BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC 11 (MARIAN GABORIK, BRENT BURNS)
    16:09
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    STL

    Apr 7 8:43 PM


  • NHL
    ST LOUIS 0
    MINNESOTA 2
    1ST PRD: MIN - BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC 11 (MARIAN GABORIK, BRENT BURNS)
    16:09

    Blues vs. WildApr 7 8:38 PM


  • NHL
    ST LOUIS 0
    MINNESOTA 1 8:58 LEFT, 1ST PRD

    Blues vs. WildApr 7 8:27 PM

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