PAUL - Minnesota Wild center Marco Rossi earned the NHL's first star of the week honors. Rossi, 23, had three goals, five assists, and eight points for the Wild in three games. He opened the week with two goals and an assist against the Nashville Predators and followed it up with a late goal against the Washington Capitals.

Wild center Marco Rossi has been named the NHL's First Star of the Week after scoring three goals and five assists in three Minnesota wins last week. Rossi bagged two goals and an assist in the team's 5-3 win over Nashville on New Year's Eve. His assist in the second period was the Wild's go-ahead goal in the game.

Along with linemates Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy, Rossi is leading the offense in Kirill Kaprizov’s absence.

While nobody would claim that there is a true “replacement” for talented Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov available on the current roster, Marco Rossi ... with St. Louis in St. Paul. Zuccarello joked that he instructed Rossi to play more of ...

The back half of the NHL season has arrived and the Minnesota Wild have been a treat to watch through their first 40 games. Young star forward Marco Rossi is a big reason the Wild hold a 25-11-4 ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild face the Edmonton Oilers in Western Conference action. Minnesota has gone 11-9-1 at home and 27-13-4 overall. The Wild have a 25-1-2 record when scoring three or more goals.

Minnesota Wild (26-11-4, in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota ... TOP PERFORMERS: Mats Zuccarello has 10 goals and 17 assists for the Wild. Marco Rossi has four goals and eight assists over the last 10 games. Mikko Rantanen has 24 goals and ...

Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist and climbed into sole possession of second place on Edmonton's all-time points list, and the Oilers pulled away for a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night in Saint Paul,

Marc-Andre Fleury had 36 saves for the Wild in the latest entry of his rollercoaster week. On Tuesday, he came on in relief of Filip Gustavsson in a come-from-behind win over St. Louis. Two nights later, Fleury was so floored by an illness that he could only stay on the team bench for two periods as Gustavsson played, and lost, versus Colorado.

Regardless, the Wild will rely on their depth players as they remain without several key contributors. In addition to Kaprizov, Minnesota is playing without captain Jared Spurgeon, first-unit defensemen Brock Faber and Jonas Brodin and forward Jakub Lauko.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) held a virtual meeting on Friday to lay out viable alternatives for the future of the I-94 corridor. The project started nearly 10 years ago, when planners and engineers began looking at ways to enhance traffic flow, while helping connect communities.

The Wild got early goals from Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi, and a second period goal from Ryan Hartman, but could not hold their leads, despite testing Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard repeatedly.