Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek and Frederick Gaudreau scored to help the Minnesota Wild top the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has refused a request by the NHL’s Utah Hockey Club to trademark the name Utah Yetis.

The Wild went 3-for-3 on fights in the opening six minutes of their matchup, taking out some frustration on Nashville.

Sick and tired of it. We just wanted to win. Tired of losing in the third period,” Jake Middleton said. “Play 40 (minutes) ...

The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 6-2 on Saturday night in a game that featured three fights in the first 6:24.

After L'Heureux slew-footed Jared Spurgeon, sidelining the Wild captain, payback was expected in the rematch — and it came early.

While still holding the best road record in the NHL, Minnesota fell to below .500 at home (11-12-1) with the loss.

The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators presumably met up for a hockey game on Saturday night ... and Minnesota center Yakov Trenin dropped gloves. Well, that escalated quickly.

At the 1:54 mark of the first period, L'Heureux dropped the gloves with Wild forward Yakov Trenin to answer for his slew-foot of Minnesota's ... "the code" in hockey. "At the end of the day ...

Nashville Predators forward Zach L'Heureux knew he would have to answer the bell against the Minnesota Wild on ... he dropped the gloves with Wild forward Yakov Trenin. Trenin, who played five ...

Filip Forsberg had two goals and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in a spirited ... Yakov Trenin dropped the gloves at the 1:54 mark.