Curry, Wild Extend Blues’ Slide With 4-2 Win

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kyle Brodziak scored two goals and John Curry made 43 saves in his Wild debut to lead Minnesota over the struggling St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Thursday night.

Nino Niederreiter added a goal and an assist to help the Wild snap a nine-game losing streak against the Blues and win for the sixth time in seven games.

St. Louis dropped its fourth straight and also lost star T.J. Oshie after he was shouldered in the face by Wild enforcer Mike Rupp halfway through a chaotic second period. Rupp was ejected, Oshie dabbed blood from his mouth as he moved slowly back to the locker room after being down on the ice for 5 minutes.

Kevin Shattenkirk and Jaden Schwartz scored for the Blues.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Single-game tickets for the Minnesota Wild's first-round home playoff games go on sale Saturday.

Tickets for all three potential home games will be available starting at 10 a.m. at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office and Ticketmaster.

Single-game tickets start at $40 per game. The limit is six tickets per customer per game.

The Wild open the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on the road. Minnesota clinched a wild-card spot in the Western Conference playoffs.

This is the fifth time in franchise history that the Wild have made the playoffs.