Coach John Hynes emphasized returning to “the commitment level that it takes to win” after Minnesota's fifth loss in six games and drop below .500 in games at Xcel Energy Center.

The Calgary Flames have been without blueliner Kevin Bahl for the past few games. By the sounds of it, they’ll be without him for a little while longer at least.

Saturday night in Minnesota, the Calgary Flames top-four defenceman, Kevin Bahl, left the game due to injury and did not return. During the second period, Bahl took a big hit behind his net from Wild forward Jakub Lauko.

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If Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson wanted to get under the skin of the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night, he did it.

Clark Bishop made it a three-goal game 11 minutes, 53 seconds into the third period. Then the Wild (28-17-4) tried to make a push. Freddy Gaudreau scored a power-play goal 2 minutes, 22 seconds later to cut it back to two. While Kuzmenko scored his second of the night just 14 seconds later for the apparent dagger, it wasn't quite over.

The Minnesota Wild played host to the Calgary Flames on Saturday evening, Jan. 25 to end Hockey Day Minnesota. They were looking to avenge a rough 4-0 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday, Jan.

Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson punched Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury in the face during a massive scrum at the Wild net in the second period of Saturday night's game at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

The Utah Hockey Club name would carry over from the team's inaugural season, with President of Hockey Operations Chris Armstrong confirming that the temporary nickname was always meant to be part of the ongoing discussion for a permanent one.

Former Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markström will miss the upcoming 4 Nations Face-off due to injury as Sweden announced Samuel Ersson as his replacement.

Minnesota Wild fans no longer want to hear about the injuries that have plagued the team since December. However, Minnesota didn’t immediately win when Jared Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov returned to the lineup before Kaprizov’s latest injury.