Marian Gaborik had two goals and an assist Saturday and the Minnesota Wild beat Columbus 6-3 in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Blue Jackets -- who started the day with a two-point lead over Anaheim and St.

Marian Gaborik's three points Tuesday helped the Minnesota Wild keep their shrinking playoff hopes alive in a 3-1 win over Dallas. Gaborik scored the Wild's first goal and assisted on goals by Owen Nolan and Eric Belanger. Niklas Backstrom stopped 27 shots in the victory. Minnesota won for the third time in five games to take over 10th place in the Western Conference.

Marian Hossa's goal with less than a minute left in the third period Sunday boosted the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. His 38th goal this season was a wrist shot past Minnesota netminder Niklas Backstrom with just 55 seconds left in regulation, severely damaging Minnesota's faint playoff hopes. Detroit led 2-0 early after goals by Jiri Hudler (23) and Pavel Datsyuk (32), on which Hossa had an assist. Minnesota closed to 2-1 before the first period ended when Cal Clutterbuck (10, unassisted) scored at the 18:34 mark. Marian Gaborik's 10th after assists by Clutterbuck and Peter Olvecky made it 2-2 heading into the third. Goaltender Chris Osgood made 21 saves on 23 shots for the Red Wings, winners in the Central Division for the eighth straight season. Backstrom gave up three goals on 44 shots for the Wild, who trail Nashville and St.

Marian Gaborik's two goals and two assists Wednesday powered Minnesota's 6-2 victory against the New York Islanders. His fifth goal this season drew Minnesota into a 1-1 tie at 11:46 of the first period, and before his sixth in the third, he assisted on goals by Antti Miettinen (15) (power play) in

Scott Gomez scored the winning goal Tuesday and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 18 shots in the New York Rangers' 2-1 win over Minnesota. Nikolai Zherdev had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who have won eight of their last 11 games.