Dallas Stars vs Minnesota Wild TV Listings, Playoff Odds & More

By Dustin Nelson | Feb 22, 2015

Minnesota Wild TV Listings, Online Streaming, and Radio Broadcasts
7pm Central Time puck drop in St. Paul

TV: NBC Sports Network (NBCSN)
Online Streaming: NBC Sports Live Extra
Radio: KFAN 100.3 FM in Minneapolis area and 1310 AM in the Dallas area
Radio Streams: NHL Radio or KFAN on I Heart Radio

Nationally Broadcast Games:
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington Capitals, 11:30am CST, NBCSN
Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 2:30pm CST, NBCSN
Detroit Red Wings vs. Anaheim Ducks, 9pm CST, NBCSN

Playoff Odds
After Friday’s win over the Oilers, the Wild got a big boost in the playoff odds, passing the Winnipeg Jets in overall odds. Last night they got a little help from around the league, getting a 1.5% boost, leaving them at a 60.7% chance of making the playoffs as of this morning, according to Sports Club Stats.

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Last night the team got help from the Los Angeles Kings beating the San Jose Sharks in regulation, the Detroit Red Wings beating the Dallas Stars in overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Winnipeg Jets in overtime.

Today, the Wild can get a 6.2% boost with a win over the Stars tonight. Should they lose, an 11% drop awaits them. They’ll also get a boost in their odds with a New York Islanders win over the Vancouver Canucks, a Tampa Bay Lightning win over the Colorado Avalanche, and a Boston Bruins win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Links You Need to Read Before the Game

A recap of Friday’s win over the Edmonton Oilers.

Reasons that Winnipeg Jets fans should be worried.

Are the Washington Capitals overworking Braden Holtby? (No parallels to the Wild here…)

The Penguins are interested in acquiring Jordan Staal.

Nikita Zadorov was suspended by the Buffalo Sabres for disciplinary reasons for the second time this season.

The race to the NCAA playoffs is on.

Talk about the difference between the rise of analytics in baseball and hockey on Hockey Prospectus Radio.

Everyone is talking about Connor McDavid’s point streak (which is up to 21 since that linked article), but that’s burying the lede. Nikolaj Ehlers has a 32-game point streak going.

A little high school hockey making national news, with a line brawl breaking out between Benilde-St. Margaret’s and Eden Prairie. Three players from Eden Prairie were suspended and will miss Wednesday’s title game against Minnetonka.

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