On the heels of five straight losses, the Minnesota Wild (38-33-11) limp into the NHL post-season having nabbed the final playoff spot, earning the right to face the Dallas Stars (50-23-9) in the first round of of the 2016 National Hockey League post-season. Game one is tonight in Texas.

Nobody's picking the Wild in the series -- nobody sane anyway: but it's the playoffs and anything can happen (right)? And thats the good news. The bad news is that Zach Parise, Eric Haula, and Thomas Vanek will all miss tonight's game with injuries.

The puck drops for tonight's game at 8:30 PM and can be heard on AM 1240 WJON and seen on NBCS.

Go Wild!

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