The Minnesota Wild race out to a 3-1 lead in the second period, but need to hold off a late push from the Lightning to pick up a big win at home.

Nikita Kucherov finishes off of a power play late in the clock to pull the Lightning within one of the Wild in the third period.

Minnesota Wild's Ryan Suter takes advantage of a poor clear from the Tampa Bay Lightning, sending in a slap shot from deep and extending the lead to 3-1.

Minnesota Wild winger Zach Parise finishes a late power play goal off of beautiful passes from Eric Staal and Jared Spurgeon, making the lead 1-0 over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Joel Eriksson Ek's goal midway through the second period gives the Wild another one-goal advantage on home ice against the Lightning.

Nikita Kucherov ties the game with a shot from the circle during the beginning of the second period, as Ondrej Palat and Mikhail Sergachev lend a helping hand on the play.

He joined an exclusive club on Thursday night.

Joel Quenneville is named the NHL coach of the decade as part of the All-Decade Show, which looks back on the special players, teams, moments, and plays of the 2010s.

New Vegas Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer will start his time with the team without one of his best players for a few weeks.

Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN and the NBC Sports app.

Tocchet is the head coach of the first-place Arizona Coyotes.

Another headache alongside Rask injury, Kassian threatening Tkachuk.

What a year it has been for Anderson and her favorite team.

Coverage of Lightning-Wild begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN and the NBC Sports app.

The Avalanche will play the LA Kings in next month's NHL Stadium Series game at Falcon Stadium.

Thursday's collection of links.

The Flyers overcame an early deficit to jump out to a 3-1 lead in the third period before the Blues came storming back.

Jakub Voracek scored 3:33 into overtime to help the Philadelphia Flyers end the St. Louis Blues nine-game winning streak on home ice

After relinquishing a two-goal advantage in the third period, Philadelphia gets the game-winning goal in overtime to take down the Blues on the road.

Famous St. Louis Blues fan Laila Anderson finally meets the bone marrow donor that saved her life.

Jakub Voracek scores his first goal in 11 games and 10th career overtime winner to secure a 4-3 victory for the Flyers on the road against the Blues.

Alexander Steen ties the game for the Blues with a backhand shot late in the third period.

Ryan O'Reilly's ninth goal of the season off assists from Brayden Schenn and David Perron brings the Blues to within one of the Flyers during the third period.

Travis Konecny gets the action going early in the third period, scoring a goal just 26 seconds into the action to make it 3-1.

Michael Raffl puts home a rebound in front of the crease for the Flyers' second-straight goal to put Philadelphia up 2-1.

Tyler Pitlick scores midway through the second period to bring the Flyers level with the Blues at 1-1.

Justin Faulk receives a beautiful pass from Alexander Steen and beats Brian Elliott with a one-timer on the power play to give the Blues a 1-0 lead.

Kendall Coyne Schofield joins Kathrn Tappen to preview the inaugural Elite Women's 3-on-3 tournament that will take place during the NHL All-Star Skills competition in St. Louis.

The 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition will take place on Friday, Jan. 24 (8 p.m. ET, NBCSN) and the NHL All-Star Game will be on Saturday, Jan. 25 (8 p.m. ET, NBC).

Darren Dreger, Keith Jones, and Mike Milbury react to the abrupt firing of Gerard Gallant in Las Vegas and detail what things might look like for the Golden Knights under new head coach Peter DeBoer.

Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN and the NBC Sports app.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been one of the hottest teams in the NHL over the past month-and-a-half and now they are getting one of their best players back in the lineup.

NHL All-Star Weekend will take place Jan. 24/25 from Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

Rittich will replace Kuemper who is currently sidelined on a week-to-week basis with a lower body injury.

The Vegas Golden Knights decision to make a coaching change does not make much sense.

Plus, a conversation with Avs rookie Cale Makar.

Keith Jones tells a wild story about showing up in a tee shirt, shorts, flip flops and an empty briefcase to negotiate a new contract with Capitals GM David Poile.

The Philadelphia Flyers will be without their starting goalie for a few weeks, and that is a potential problem.

Tuesday night's 7-3 romp over Minnesota gave the Penguins their fourth consecutive victory and drew them within four points of Washington for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division as the All-Star break...

Nicklas Backstrom took matters into his own hands and went without an agent while negotiating his new five-year extension with the Washington Capitals.

The Our Line Starts crew breaks down Colorado Avalanche rookie Cale Makar's seamless transition to the NHL and dynamic style of play.

Colorado Avalanche rookie Cale Makar caught up with Kathryn Tappen to discuss his quick transition from college to the NHL, joining the ranks of star players and playoff hockey.

The Our Line Starts crew takes a look at the New Jersey Devils' decision to fire general manager Ray Shero and the next steps for the team moving forward.

The Our Line Starts crew analyze the altercation between Zack Kassian and Matthew Tkachuk in the latest Oilers-Flames matchup that resulted in a two-game suspension for Kassian and more tension between the...

The Golden Knights are currently on 54 points and tied for one of the final wild card spots in the Western Conference.

Firing coaches during the season has been relatively common in the NHL for decades. The volume is nonetheless jaw-dropping in 2019-20 - and there is still half a season to go.

A story about a first date, Nik Borschevsky, and the 1993 Maple Leafs winning a dramatic Game 7 over the Red Wings.

Coverage of Flyers-Blues begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN and the NBC Sports app.

Wednesday's collection of links.

Sidney Crosby recorded four points for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Auston Matthews recorded a hat trick for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Dominik Kubalik helped the Chicago Blackhawks rally against the Ottawa...