ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Jesper Wallstedt made 36 saves for the Minnesota Wild in a 2-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames at Grand Casino Arena on Sunday. It was Wallstedt’s first shutout of the year and the second of his career.

Before Sunday’s games, Wild left winger Yakob Trenin led the NHL with 72 hits. Teammate Marcus Foligno was 10th with 53, making the Wild the only team with two Top 10 hitmen.

The Wild are getting a key reinforcement at a time when they desperately need it. Veteran winger Mats Zuccarello has been activated off of injured reserve and is set to make his season debut in Friday night's road game against the New York Islanders.

Minnesota has won two of its six games as a favorite this season. In three games with moneyline odds shorter than -165, the Wild have one win. The moneyline odds say Minnesota has a 62.3% chance of winning this game. Minnesota and its opponent have combined to score more than 6 goals in 10 of 16 games this season.

Share San Jose Sharks (7-6-3, in the Pacific Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (7-7-3, in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks will attempt to keep a three-game win streak alive when they take on the Minnesota Wild.

In an interview with The Athletic, Dean Evason revealed how emotional he and Bill Guerin got when Guerin fired him in 2023. Evason said he walked into Guerin’s office and immediately knew why Guerin had summoned him.

Since his diagnosis last January, Weston has spent much of his time in the hospital. But on Thursday, he had somewhere special to be.

Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Johansson is scheduled to play in his 1,000th National Hockey League (NHL) game tonight when the Wild hosts the Calgary Flames at 7 p.m. on FanDuel Sports Network North and KFAN FM 100.

Last year, the Minnesota Wild's motto was "Choose Your Hard." We don't know what their motto is this year, but "Choose Your Harden" is as good a guess as any. That's a Pokémon joke, so let's explain that real quick.