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And it was a hard lesson for the Minnesota Wild to re-learn on Tuesday ... which has been one of the Eastern Conference’s hottest teams following a midseason coaching change.

VANCOUVER − Justin Brazeau traveled from Raleigh to Denver where he had a two-hour layover before meeting up with the Wild on Friday afternoon in western Canada. “Ate a little bit,” he said. “Threw my suitcase down and came to the rink.

The last time the Boston Bruins saw the Minnesota Wild was when Jeremey Swayman made 36 saves in a shutout effort a month ago at TD Garden. On Sunday, Filip Gustavsson returned the favor for Minnesota,

I love when a team has distinct flaws but isn’t irredeemable. It’s one of my favorite things in sports, actually—that extended fight to minimize weaknesses and maximize strengths in a journey from “slightly below average” to “slightly above average.

Rangers add defenseman Carson Soucy in trade with Vancouver Canucks in effort to build up battered blue line crew

The Minnesota Wild are back in town for the fourth and final matchup of the regular season between the two clubs. Utah has earned points in all three games against the Wild, falling 5-4 in a shootout at home on Dec. 10, winning 2-1 in St. Paul on Dec. 20, and shutting out Minnesota 4-0 at Xcel Energy Center on Jan. 23.

The defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers made their first big move ahead of the NHL trade deadline by acquiring hard-nosed forward Trent Frederic from the Boston Bruins.

Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline.

Detroit Red Wings second-line center Andrew Copp had season-ending surgery to repair his left pectoral tendon on Tuesday, three days after he was injured in a scuffle during a game against the Minnesota Wild.