Here are three takeaways from the Wild's 3-1 road win over Colorado. The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) walked away with an impressive road win over the Colorado Avalanche (28-19-1) on Monday. If they would have lost, Minnesota would've dropped to a Wild Card spot.

Despite an encouraging 40 minutes against the Boston Bruins, the San Jose Sharks couldn't finish the job on Monday. View the original article to see embedded media. Tonight's matchup against the Nashville Predators could boost both teams' confidence.

We just put Nashville behind (us) quickly and regrouped,” Marc-Andre Fleury said, after he tied Martin Brodeur for the most seasons with 10 or more wins by a goalie in NHL history with 20.

The Minnesota Wild took on the Nashville Predators for the third time this season and the first time on the road on Saturday, Jan. 18. It was a battle

Blackwood has solidified the Avalanche's crease since being acquired from the Sharks. Can he ride the momentum to a Vezina Trophy win?

The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.

The Minnesota Wild (27-15-4) are back in action tonight for one more game on the road before they return home. They will face the Colorado Avalanche (28-18-1) today for a 2:00 p.m. central time start.

The Minnesota Wild feel a sense of urgency despite having nearly half a season left to play. After losing three in a row and four of their last five games, the Wild will look to turn things around on Monday afternoon against the host Colorado Avalanche in Denver.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard is set to return to action on Thursday night against the Edmonton Oilers, according to multiple Avs’ beat reporters.

Filip Forsberg had two goals and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to their third consecutive victory, 6-2 over the Minnesota Wild.

Ferguson backed up Fleury for a 6-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Saturday ... a game-time decision on Wednesday [against the Colorado Avalanche]," Arniel said. ... Sergachev, a defenseman ...

MacKinnon is the most likely Avalanche player to take advantage of a Wild defense that is bleeding shots. Not only is he the best shot-generator on the team, but the Wild have allowed the second-most shots to centers in the NHL over the past few weeks.