Backstrom had a fitting end to his NHL career with a brilliant performance in his final game against the Minnesota Wild, with whom he was a longtime starting goaltender. Niklas Backstrom is ...

But what Toronto's Nazem Kadri did by running into Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom, without being pushed by a Wild defender, is a blatant infraction. And the fact Kadri caught Backstrom in the ...

The Minnesota Wild have had a lot of good and great players over the years and these players made the final cut.

The Minnesota Wild were on Tuesday. The first team included forwards Marian Gaborik, Kirill Kaprizov, and Mikko Koivu, defensemen Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon, and goaltender Niklas Backstrom.