Archives for November 14, 2014

'The Wild outshot Buffalo, 39-28, and had 40 more shot attempts (78-38). The Sabres were in runaround mode in their own end most of the night as Nino Niederreiter led the way for the Wild with his first NHL hat trick.' … [Read more...] about Different meltdowns doom Sabres

'“Off the ice, it’s been very smooth since I know the area,” Vanek said prior to Thursday night’s 6-3 win over the Sabres. “On it, we have a deep team and it reminds me a lot of my first couple years in Buffalo when we had those runs. We have veteran guys here like Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, ‘Pommer,’” meaning former Buffalo teammate Jason Pominville, “and we have young guys who … [Read more...] about Vanek glad to be back in Minnesota

'"It's tough to see," Vanek said. "You make relationships, and even guys not on the ice want to be part of winning a championship, just like here. The trainers and equipment guys put more time in it than us and they want to see the team have success even though they're not on the ice."' … [Read more...] about Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek feel for friends still with struggling Sabres

Niederrieter's hat trick vs. Buffalo gets Wild back on track (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Mumps hits the Wild (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Photo gallery (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Minnesota Wild dispatch reeling Buffalo Sabres 6-3 (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) For a change, Wild turn chances into goals (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek feel for friends … [Read more...] about Friday’s Minnesota Coverage

'"It's kind of sad to watch team after team after team go through us in the defensive zone like we don't know what we're doing," Nolan said. "We have so many guys puck-staring, watching the puck and not being aware of what's behind them. We're at the National Hockey League level. You'd think you'd be teaching at the junior level and in the American Hockey League level, but at … [Read more...] about Niederreiter scores 3, Wild beat Sabres 6-3

'Rasmus Ristolainen, Zemgus Girgensons and Torrey Mitchell scored for the Sabres, losers in five straight and eight of nine. Jhonas Enroth allowed five goals on 38 shots in defeat.' … [Read more...] about Minnesota 6, Buffalo 3

'"They score again and we didn't respond to it," said Mitchell, who played for the Wild for two seasons before he was traded to Buffalo in March. "We're sort of running all over the place in our end. It was 2-2 but we weren't mentally engaged from the start of the game. They took it to us and we can't come out and play like that, and expect a result."' … [Read more...] about Wild rebound from rough start to down Sabres

'The Sabres would chip away at the Wild lead midway through the third as Torrey Mitchell grabbed his second goal of the season, but Minnesota would seal the victory as Nino Niederreiter capped off his hat trick with an empty netter to give the Wild the 6-3 victory.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Fall to Wild 6-3

'The Wild brought Vanek in to score goals and it hasn’t worked yet. He has just one goal in 14 games and Vanek said, “I think you guys know me well enough that I wouldn’t call it pressing, but sometimes you want to take the game over and score those goals and if you try too hard, it backfires, but I think my playmaking has been great, I’ve been generating a lot of chances for … [Read more...] about Former Sabre Vanek is slumping for his new team

'"On the plus side, the first time we've scored three goals in a long time," Nolan said. "But we need more than spurts, we need great goaltending every night. We need three or four lines going every night. We need six defensemen going every night. A game like tonight, we had maybe one line and two defensemen going."' … [Read more...] about Niederreiter’s first hat trick powers Wild past Sabres

'“It was pretty wild,” Zemgus Girgensons, who scored for Buffalo during that sequence said. “You don’t get to see that often but it’s hockey. That’s why when it was 4-2, you can’t give up. You can score that many goals in that short a period of time. We just had to keep after that.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres, wild combine for 3 goals in 17 seconds in 1st period