Josh Harding News

Eight games into his NHL career, the Monster has lived up to his billing. And if Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke is looking for a vision of the future with between the pipes, he may very well get a glimpse of it tonight against the Minnesota Wild .

Cal Clutterbuck is one in a handful of names that should be around when the transformation of the Minnesota Wild under Chuck Fletcher and Todd Richards is complete.

THE BUZZ: With a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild Thursday, Alain Vigneault moved past Harry Neale into second place on the all-time Canucks coaching wins list with 143, just 103 wins behind leader Marc Crawford.

While Josh Harding took several days off to recuperate from what the Wild termed "lower-body soreness," he cleared his head at the same time.

Josh Harding always did have a tendency to be a little too hard on himself. That seems to be the case again after a couple of rough outings that left the Minnesota Wild backup goaltender looking for answers.

Season series. First meeting; Predators and Wild split 2-2 last season. Wild to watch.

Preview: Both of these slow-starting teams are desperate for a victory. The Predators are last in the Central Division at 3-6-1, with six losses and an overtime loss in their past eight games.

Wild fans never got to see the return of injured Rangers star Marian Gaborik on Friday night, so they had to settle for Aaron Voros instead.

Florida Panthers left wing David Booth has been released from a Philadelphia hospital after suffering a concussion during a game.

Former Florida Everblades goalie Anton Khudobin was recalled by the NHL's Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.

After falling to 0-8 on the road with Monday's loss at Chicago, the Wild might have expected a rigorous practice Tuesday.

The Minnesota Wild have recalled goaltender Anton Khudobin from the minors while backup Josh Harding recovers from an injury.

After losing five consecutive game on the road out West, the Wild returned home for only the second time Wednesday and rallied to beat Colorado in a shootout.

David Perron took a move to the St. Louis Blues' checking line as an opportunity, not a demotion.

Ten games into a season in which backup goalie Josh Harding was supposed to see more playing time, the Wild came back with No.

The Minnesota Wild will need former Vezina finalist Niklas Backstrom to make some key saves in order to snap their seven-game road losing streak.

The Wild are on the road again, and though this quick trip to St. Louis is lower-maintenance than their five-game, 11-day West Coast journey earlier this month, the results could be similarly disastrous if they do not break some terrible habits.

Six games on Friday night. How would the Sabres, a club with decidedly modest ambitions but off to a surprising start, do against another unglamorous club, the stumbling Islanders? Home teams listed first: New Jersey 2-4 Atlanta .

Edmonton Oiler Jean-Francois Jacques is stopped by Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding during the first period Friday evening at Rexall Place.

Dustin Penner and Gilbert Brule both scored twice Friday in leading Edmonton to a 5-2 decision over Minnesota.