Minnesota Wild News – Tampa Bay Lightning beats Minnesota Wild 4-3 in shootout – St. Petersburg Times

Above, the celebration begins with Victor Hedman (77) and Zenon Konopka getting their arms around Steven Stamkos as Marty St. Louis heads for the group hug after Stamkos, left, put the puck past Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom in the shootout to give For more info click here

The Minnesota Wild called up former University of Wisconsin forward Robbie Earl from Houston of the AHL on an emergency basis today. Earl, 24, will be available to play against the Capitals tonight in Washington if needed. Forward Chuck Kobasew is For more info click here

But Harding, who had appeared in three games this season and had a 4.73 goals-against average and .761 save percentage, knew that after two poor starts he needed a good one. Stopping 38 of 40 shots by the powerful Washington Capitals on Friday night For more info click here

Wild Overall Scoring vs Lightning Overall Defense 2.4 27 3.1 23 Wild Road Scoring vs Lightning Home Defense 2.0 27 2.4 10 Wild Road PP vs Lightning Home PK 19.5 13 80.0 18 Lightning Overall Scoring vs Wild Overall Defense 2.6 23 3.0 16 Lightning Home For more info click here

Tonight will see the no-longer last in the Western Conference, Minnesota Wild, travel to our great nation’s capital to take on the…wait for it…Washington Capitals. The Wild come into tonight’s contest sporting a record of 7-10-1 (15 points For more info click here