Ryan O'Reilly

Wild grab final playoff spot with win DENVER -- Four years of frustration came down to a few precious minutes for the Minnesota Wild. Columbus and Detroit had already won, so if the Wild wanted to reach the postseason, they had to win or miss out....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Wild 3, Avalanche 1 Wild 3, Avalanche 1: Devin Setoguchi scored on the power play and Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves as visiting Minnesota clinched a playoff berth. Zach Parise and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also tallied for the...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Kelly, The Sports Xchange Wild 3, Avalanche 1 DENVER -- Niklas Backstrom had 29 saves, Devin Setoguchi and Zach Parisse scored goals and the Minnesota Wild clinched the NHL's final playoff berth with a 3-1 win over the...

The Sports Xchange By Jonathan Dalton, The Sports Xchange Avalanche 5, Coyotes 4 (SO) GLENDALE, Ariz. -- P.A. Parenteau scored in regulation and again in the shootout to help lift the Colorado Avalanche past the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 on Friday night....

The Sports Xchange By Jonathan Dalton, The Sports Xchange Avalanche get past Coyotes in shootout GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Despite all signs pointing the other direction, Matt Duchene knew the Colorado Avalanche would get a shootout victory on Friday night....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Avalanche 5, Coyotes 4 (SO) Avalanche 5, Coyotes 4 (SO): Matt Duchene and PA Parenteau scored in the shootout as Colorado spoiled Phoenix's home finale. Parenteau added a goal and an assist in regulation while defenseman Stefan...

The small-market Minnesota Wild made the biggest splash in last summer's free-agency market by signing winger Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter to identical 13-year, $98-million contracts. They immediately became symbols of the long, salary-cap-...

One day this week, in the middle of feeding Chicago's insatiable appetite for hockey tickets, busy Blackhawks executive vice president Jay Blunk took a phone call from his mom. Sharon Blunk spent 35 years as a second-grade schoolteacher but never was...

(Reuters) - TJ Galiardi's game-winning goal in the third period snapped Detroit's seven-game winning streak as the Colorado Avalanche handed the high-flying Red Wings a rare 4-2 defeat. Galiardi fired in a short-handed score at 9:22 in the final period...