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Preview: The Wild got a much-needed home victory Saturday, edging Dallas to improve to 5-2 at Xcel Energy Center this season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are still in last place in the Northeast Division, but there's certainly a changing feeling as the Minnesota Wild arrive in town for Tuesday night's meeting.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild right wing Petr Sykora has a concussion and is out indefinitely.

Marc Crawford might want to get Robidas out against Brunette as much as he can. Robidas was plus-6 in three games against the Wild last season.

While Josh Harding took several days off to recuperate from what the Wild termed "lower-body soreness," he cleared his head at the same time.

Tonight is the second of six meetings between the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks as both teams come into the game riding winning streaks.

Preview: The Wild, the worst team in the Western Conference, has won three of four at home.

Asked Monday if he got away with one, Marek Zidlicky smiled nervously like a child caught with his hand in the leftover-candy pumpkin.

Is it just me, or has the play of the Minnesota Wild improved lately with Kim Johnsson out of the lineup? I'm sure most of the so-called experts in the media will say it's just me but warped minds never did believe much in coincidence.

Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher sat down with Penguins GM Ray Shero, assistant GM Jason Botterill and Pens coach Dan Bylsma and reminisced Saturday before Shero handed Fletcher a special gift for his services as assistant GM last season: a Stanley Cup championship ring.

Petr Sykora will play for the first time in two weeks tonight when the Wild play host to Carolina at Xcel Energy Center.

Wild wing Petr Sykora wasn't thrilled to find himself glued to the bench during much of his team's 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

Reunions week continues on Wednesday for the Minnesota Wild, as the Nashville Predators visit the Xcel Energy Center.

My dear readers, Monday night marks the opening of what people are dubbing "reunions week" for the Minnesota Wild.

That way, you're pulling away from people." He noted that players forechecking aggressively need to believe that teammates will jump in for support, causing turnovers.

's NHL matriculation hasn't always been smooth, but the young center had never really been scratched -- not since he became a regular during his rookie season in 2007-08. But after nine games with no points and a minus-5 in the plus/minus column, coach Todd Richards decided to sit the team's first-round pick in the 2006 entry draft.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Cal Clutterbuck scored 1:55 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Saturday night.

The Wild have two major problems this season: They can't get out of the gate and they can't win on the road.

Mikko Koivu congratulates Martin Havlat on his second period goal against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center on September 29, 2009 in Philadelphia.

WILD AT EDMONTON 8 p.m. today * TV: Ch. 45 Gameday: Wild at Edmonton Link: Friday's NHL boxscores More from Sports EDMONTON, ALBERTA - Five games into the season, the pressure's already mounting for a Wild team lacking confidence and cohesion, and parked on the Western Conference floor.