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Both Wild and Frost lose over the weekend

(St. Paul, MN/Minnesota News Network) — The Minnesota Wild returned to home ice for the first time in a month but fell to the last place Blues 3-1. Kirill Kaprizov started the scoring with his 34th of the season to give the Wild a 1-0 lead in the second period on the power play. But the Blues scored the next three to hand Minnesota a second straight loss. Filip Gustavsson suffered his first loss in regulation on home ice since November 1st. He was 10-0-5 in his last 15 starts at Grand Casino Arena. The Blues won on the road for the first time since December 20th stopping a 10 game road losing streak. Kaprizov’s goal was the 219th of his N-H-L career tying him with Marian Gaborik for the most in franchise history. The Wild host the Lightning at 8:30 P-M tomorrow night. In other team news, the Wild traded minor league forward Boris Katchouk to Philadelphia for minor league defenseman Roman Schmidt.

(Montreal/Minnesota News Network) — The Minnesota Frost returned from the Olympic break with a 4-0 loss at first-place Montreal yesterday. The Frost dipped into third place with the setback, falling to 7-2-3-and-4 on the season. Montreal is now 9-3-0-and-5 on the year. Minnesota is without one of its top players in forward Kendall Coyne Schofield after suffering an injury in Olympics. She was placed on Long Term Injured Reserve. Minnesota returns to action on Sunday with a game in Toronto at 11 A-M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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