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ST. Alex Len Hawks Jersey . PAUL, Minn. -- Surging into and out of the Olympic break, the Minnesota Wild have created a significant cushion between them and their competitors for the two Western Conference wild-card playoff spots. Thats not enough. With five days before they play next, this was still a game they were worried about -- and had to win. Jared Spurgeon and Zach Parise scored in the third period, and the Wild notched their season-high fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Monday night. "You dont want to go a week without getting any points the way things are, even if you have a cushion," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "The cushion to me is nothing ... because its not about where the people are behind you. To me its much more of a race of what you need to get to." The Wild have 75 points, nine ahead of the cut, but they are off until Saturday. Then they will launch their final stretch of 20 games in 37 days. "I dont think we were at our best. I dont think we played at a level we need to play. But it doesnt matter when you look back at the score," Parise said. Kyle Brodziak also scored, rookie Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 shots during his 15th start in a row, and the Wild raised their record at home to 22-7-2 while playing in front of their fans for the first time in 25 days. Captain Mikko Koivu, back from a 17-game absence due to a broken ankle, skated on the second line with Dany Heatley and Charlie Coyle, apart from Parise for the first time. Parise gave the Wild some insurance by camping in the crease and deflecting a shot past Reto Berra with 5:16 remaining for his 21st goal. Just 77 seconds later, Mark Giordano scored to bring the Flames back within a goal. But Kuemper hung on to raise his record to 11-3-2. Kuemper has played so well in place of Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom that the Wild might not need to trade for a goalie before the deadline. "The confidence he has now, you can see that, and its just kind of the edge hes playing with thats good to see," Koivu said. "Hes playing winning hockey right now, so obviously thats a huge part of the team." Mikael Granlund had two assists while playing in the NHL for the first time against his brother Markus Granlund, who was called up from the AHL last week by the Flames. After a scoreless, sluggish and penalty-free first period, the pace picked up in the middle frame. Matt Cooke swooped in behind the net to poke the puck away from Berra. Brodziak crept toward the crease to corral the puck and knocked it in for the games first goal. "If you make a mistake the puck ends up in the net. I feel bad for the team because they played really hard tonight and we had a great chance to win," Berra said. Mike Cammalleri, playing perhaps his last game for the Flames with the NHL trade deadline looming on Wednesday, tied it 1-1 in the second period when Koivus pass ricocheted across the slot to him for an easy tap-in that Kuemper had no chance to stop. "No moral victories. We know theyre playing well, but wed like to win," Cammalleri said. With Coyle screening Berra on a power play, Spurgeon sent a slap shot through traffic for the lead. "We had to kind of grind that one out. I had a feeling this was going to be a difficult game for us right from the start," Yeo said. The Flames, buried in the Western Conference playoff race, could make some moves this week. Cammalleri scored for the first time since Jan. 6. He missed nine games during that stretch because of a concussion. "Cammi, you always know that hes going to show up to work," coach Bob Hartley said. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, as a guest of Wild owner Craig Leipold, watched from a suite. Leipold took him earlier in the day to Target Field, where baseballs Twins play, and TCF Bank Stadium, the football home of the University of Minnesota, for tours of possible outdoor game venues. The NHL put on six this season. Bettman has assured the Wild they will be awarded an outdoor game but hasnt committed to a timeframe. NOTES: Flames RW David Jones hurt his upper body in a collision against the boards. "It doesnt look very good," Hartley said. ... Koivu missed 17 games, plus the Olympics for his native Finland, because of a broken ankle. ... Markus Granlund posted his first NHL assist, on Giordanos goal. Allen Crabbe Hawks Jersey . And thats about it. After the Salukis 73-65 loss at Murray State on Tuesday night, Hinson called his players "uncoachable," "a bunch of mamas boys" and compared the disciplining of his young team to housebreaking a puppy. Josh Smith Jersey . The 23-year-old Poland international is back as first choice at Arsenal after losing his regular spot in the team on occasions over the last three seasons. https://www.thehawkslockerroom.com/Bruno-Fernando-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- Miami Dolphins defensive co-ordinator Kevin Coyle defended the management style of coach Joe Philbin in the wake of the teams bullying scandal.ANAHEIM, Calif. - The New York Rangers see their three-game California road trip as a chance to learn how they measure up against the NHLs best teams.The defending Eastern Conference champions got off to a soaring start on the West Coast.Rick Nash scored his 25th goal, Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves and the Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Wednesday night for their 11th victory in 12 games.Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello and Dominic Moore also scored for the Rangers, who produced a dominant effort against the overall NHL leaders.Its huge. We talked about it for the last couple of days, Nash said. We had three days off, so we talked about challenging ourselves and using this game as a measuring stick of where were at. So its a huge win for us. Were playing our style and were not hurting ourselves.New York prepared for its Thursday night Stanley Cup finals rematch with the Los Angeles Kings by controlling its matchup with the Ducks, who had won four of the clubs last five meetings.The Rangers have been the NHLs best defensive team over the past month, and Lundqvist combined with his defence to limit Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry to one power-play assist apiece.I think its good for our confidence to know that we can play a really strong game against the best teams in the league, Lundqvist said. Anaheim is very consistent, and thats why theyre up there. They obviously have a lot of skill.Francois Beauchemin scored a power-play goal midway through the third period for the Ducks, who have just one regulation victory in eight games. Beauchemin and defenceman Sami Vatanen committed turnovers that led directly to New York goals.We made some bad turnovers, theres no doubt, Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. We gave them two goals, but theyre a really good team. ... Their speed is very good. The structure of their game is very good. Theyre going to be a tough tteam to beat. Alex Len Jersey. Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 26 shots in his first home start in more than seven years for the Ducks, who re-signed their former backup goalie last month after a seven-year absence.After a scoreless first period, Brassard scored in his third straight game following a nine-game goal drought.Nash scored early in the third period by swatting home the rebound of Kevin Kleins shot from the slot. The power forward has secured the 10th 25-goal season of his career with more than half of the Rangers schedule still to play.Anaheim scored 10 seconds into a power play when Beauchemins big shot from the blue line beat a partially screened Lundqvist. Beauchemin has three goals in five games after a 24-game drought, dating to last season.But Beauchemin gave away the puck moments later to Zuccarello, who beat Bryzgalov for his first goal in 10 games. Moore added an empty-net goal.Were a solid team when we play our best, and its hard to play against us, Zuccarello said. There was really bad ice out there tonight, so you kind of had to just play it safety-first.Bryzgalov was largely solid in a game that brought his career full circle. The Russian goalie was drafted by the Ducks in 2000 and came up through the organization, eventually backing up Jean-Sebastien Giguere on Anaheims Stanley Cup championship team in 2007.Bryzgalov hadnt made a home start for the Ducks since Nov. 7, 2007, shortly before he was waived.I battled hard, said Bryzgalov, who played for four teams in the past seven seasons. Compared to the last game I played, it was much better. I know what Im capable to do.NOTES: The Rangers scored first for the 10th time in 11 games. ... D John Moore replaced Matt Hunwick in the New York lineup. ... Devante Smith-Pelly returned to Anaheims lineup after one game as a healthy scratch. He hasnt scored a goal in 14 games since Dec. 1. ' ' '