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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Minnesota Wild will try to continue their recent hot streak, as they shoot for a fifth win in six tries when they host the struggling Dallas Stars on Saturday. Minnesota went 6-3-0 in the first month of 2014-15 and closed October with consecutive 4-3 wins over Boston and San Jose. Tuesdays road victory over the Bruins came in regulation, but the Wild needed a shootout to defeat the visiting Sharks on Thursday. The Wild rallied to post a victory over the Sharks in the opener of a three- game homestand. Minnesota trailed 2-0 in the first period and never held a lead in the game before winning in the shootout. Kyle Brodziak scored two third-period goals to force extra time. Minnesota trailed 3-1 after Joe Thorntons goal at 1:37 of the third, but Brodziak tallied less than four minutes later to make it a one-goal game and he evened the score with 9:28 remaining in regulation. The goals were the first two of the season for Brodziak. We were getting pucks to the net but werent get many high-quality chances, said Brodziak. Fortunately we were able to break them down there in the third and got a few in. Mikko Koivu also lit the lamp in regulation and Thomas Vanek had two assists for the Wild. Jason Pominville scored the decisive goal of the shootout and Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves through regulation and OT. Even at one goal apiece after two rounds, Pominville went in slow and wristed a shot past Antti Niemis glove and Kuemper stoned Patrick Marleau for the win. The victory pushed Minnesota to 4-0 on home ice this season. The Wild will complete their homestand Tuesday against Pittsburgh. Dallas has lost three straight games, but has at least earned a point while losing each of its last two outings on home ice. After dropping a 4-3 overtime decision against visiting St. Louis on Tuesday, the Stars were handed a 2-1 OT loss by Anaheim on Friday. Nate Thompsons goal with 2:30 played in the extra session lifted the Ducks past the Stars. Corey Perry accepted a drop pass from Cam Fowler just inside the Dallas blue line, took one stride before making a hard stop below the left circle and hammering a shot towards the net. The puck deflected off Thompson and sailed by Kari Lehtonen to end the contest. Antoine Roussel produced the lone offense for the Stars, tying the game at 1-1 with 5:27 left in the third. Lehtonen stopped 22 pucks in defeat. Although his team was able to earn a point for the second straight game, Stars head coach Lindy Ruff was less than pleased with his clubs play on Friday. We are very fortunate to get a point, Ruff said. The first 40 minutes was as poor as Ive seen us play. Tyler Seguin failed to register a point Friday for only the third time this season and for the first time since Oct. 11. Seguin has 15 points on the season, tying him for the league lead with Philadelphias Jakub Voracek and Pittsburghs Sidney Crosby. The Stars and Wild split four meetings in 2013-14, with Minnesota winning the first two encounters at home before Dallas closed the season series with a pair of victories as the host. Dallas has claimed six of the past 10 meetings in this matchup, but the Wild have taken three in a row and five of the last six in St. Paul. J.R. Sweezy Jersey .com) - The New York Islanders will try to solve their issues against Central Division opponents when they visit the Minnesota Wild for Tuesdays battle at Xcel Energy Center. Mike Evans Jersey . Minutes after the previously winless Colts got their first win, 27-13 over Tennessee, team vice chairman Bill Polian said the four-time league MVP will not play this season though he has begun throwing to teammates at the team complex. http://www.thebuccaneersfansclub.com/Bl ... ms-Jersey/. 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"Everything were shooting for is attainable, but weve got a long way to go, a lot of work to do," coach Frank Vogel said. "It was probably our most complete game." The Pacers made no secret of this seasons plan -- dethroning two-time defending NBA champion Miami. The best way to do that, they figured, was earning the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and so far, nobody has been able to touch Indiana. The Pacers already have a 3 1/2-game lead over Miami and Atlanta in the East. Indiana is showing no sign of slowing down, either. Rather than look fatigued after back-to-back wins last Tuesday and Wednesday and two more back-to-back wins Friday and Saturday, something Vogel said he had never been part of previously, the Pacers appeared to get stronger Monday. They again dominated the glass, outrebounding Memphis 30-15 in the first half and finishing with a 45-32 advantage. They again relied on suffocating defence, which held Memphis (3-4) to a season-low point total and nearly 20 points below its season scoring average (98.5). And again they were content to share the honours. George scored seven of his game-high points total during a key 9-3 stretch to close out the third quarter. That gave Indiana a 72-55 lead. Stephenson, who is playing the best basketball of his career, finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds, a career-high 12 assists and only one turnover. Roy Hibbert added five more blocks to his league-leading total (35), George Hill finished with 13 points in his third game back from a hip injury and Luis Scola added 12 points off the bench. Indiana could be making things even tougher for opponents soon, too. Vogel said before the game that former All-Star Danny Granger, who once led the Pacers in scoring for five straight seasons, will begin working out Tuesday and could return to practice as soon as Wednesday. Vogel did not say when Granger would return to the rotation. Granger has not played this season because of a strained left calf. Foor now, though, fans seem content with the way things are going.dddddddddddd During the final minutes, they even serenaded Pacers players with chants of "un-de-feat-ed." But the Pacers arent content with that. "We are not looking at this 8-0 start," said George, the NBAs Most Improved Player last season. "We want to enjoy it, but we must let our strengths continue to lead us to victory. Everybody helps, everybody is doing their job." For Memphis, it was a rough night. Marc Gasol , who showed his frustration at times during the second half, finished with 15 points and six rebounds. The only other Memphis players to reach double-figures were two guys with Hoosier State ties -- Zach Randolph had 12 and Mike Conley added 11. The Grizzlies shot just 41.3 per cent from the field and were only 6 of 19 from 3-point range, and after a 15-3 run put Memphis in an 80-55 deficit just 83 seconds into the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies never had a chance. "Theyre the best defensive team in this league, they really compress the paint, it was hard for any of us guards to get in there and make anything happen," Conley said. "Theyve got a lot of length, theyve got great guards that play great D and they made us take contested shots." Indiana didnt leave anything in doubt Monday. The Pacers jumped to a 13-8 lead in the opening minutes, scored the final six points of the first quarter to make it 23-16 and then methodically pulled away in the second. Though Memphis closed to 46-39 at halftime, the Pacers opened the second half on a 7-2 run to rebuild a 12-point lead and put it away with the spurt spurred by George and Stephenson that eventually made it 80-55. 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