The Minnesota Wild ... Flames (24-16-7) struck first. Andrei Kuzmenko scored the first of the night on the power play 6 minutes, 58 seconds into the first period, though Joel Eriksson Ek knotted ...

Neither team is in a do-or-die situation, but both sides know the importance of their meeting when the Vancouver Canucks visit the Calgary Flames ... with the wild-card position up for grabs.

The Wild have given up 136 goals while scoring 138 for a +2 scoring differential. Calgary has an 8-10-4 record in road games and a 23-16-7 record overall. The Flames have a 12-3-3 record when they ...