The Minnesota Wild are a strange team, not only for the fans but also for the writers who cover them. Their strong start to ...

(AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim) Minnesota Wild center Vinnie Hinostroza (18) skates with the puck while being defended by New ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Islanders are limping into the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off in more ways than one. The high of a ...

The New York Islanders and Minnesota Wild are each coming off one-goal decisions going into their game Saturday night in ...

The New York Islanders (25-22-7) take on the Minnesota Wild (32-19-4) on Saturday in the second half of a back-to-back set, which also marks the Islanders' final game before the 4 Nations Face-Off ...

Acquiring Mikko Rantanen was supposed to give the Carolina Hurricanes the goal-scoring boost it needed. Instead they are 2-3-1 and have scored two goals or less in five games since ...

The Chicago Blackhawks took Vinnie Hinostroza in the sixth round of the 2012 draft. A year later, they drafted Ryan Hartman ...

Vinnie Hinostroza (18) of the Wild's shot trickles past Carolina goaltender Frederik Andersen on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center. (Stacy Bengs/The Associated Press) ...

Just days earlier, his father — the elder Vinnie Hinostroza — was a member of the Predators and preparing for a trip to ...

Hinostroza found the back of the net less than one minute into the third period in his debut with Minnesota. Between his time with the Wild and Nashville Predators, he has one goal, two assists ...

Hinostroza became the eighth player in franchise history to score the winning goal in his Wild debut against the Hurricanes.