ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves for the Minnesota Wild, who ended the Colorado Avalanche’s six-game winning streak with a 2-1 shootout win at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy scored in the shootout, and Gustavsson stopped two attempts to seal the victory.

The Avalanche and the Wild meet in Minnesota! These two teams have had great seasons, but the Avalanche are playing much better now, entering Minnesota. We continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Wild prediction and pick.

So the Rangers (32-28-6, 70 points) will get a do-over against the Blue Jackets on Saturday in Columbus (31-26-8, 70). A win would vault them over Columbus and into the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference for the first time since Dec. 11.

Defenseman Braden Schneider’s backhander in overtime scored a much-needed win for a Rangers team that never trailed in a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild, snapping New York’s four-game

Wild's Nyquist Trade Once Again Showing That Central Division Means Business The NHL’s trade market was heating up Saturday, and the Minnesota Wild struck <a href="