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ST. PAUL, Minn. - If the Minnesota Wild are going to bounce back from another December swoon, theyll need Darcy Kuemper to return to his early season form.Kyle Brodziak, Jared Spurgeon and Mikko Koivu scored, Kuemper made 34 saves, and the Minnesota Wild beat the short-handed Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday.Its been a tough little stretch there, but the break was good, said Kuemper, who started the season 6-2 with three shutouts before struggling in December. I definitely feel like Im in a better place mentally right now.After Cody Fransons 5-on-3 goal tied it at 1 early in the third period, Spurgeon unloaded a slap shot from the right circle to beat goalie Jonathan Bernier and score his first goal in 18 games with 12:17 to play.Less than 2 minutes later, Koivu scored on the power play to make it 3-1 and give Minnesota its first home win in its past five games.We gave up a 5-on-3 goal there and we couldve said at that moment, Oh, here we go again, Wild coach Mike Yeo said. But its just one play, either end of the ice. I think that we had that mentality and, more importantly, we executed it. Thats what we need going forward.Brodziak tipped in a pass from Charlie Coyle at 10:14 of the second to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.Earlier in the second, the Leafs appeared to score, but Mike Santorellis goal was waived off after the officials huddled and determined that David Clarkson made contact with Kuemper in the crease.Obviously from our standpoint and watching the video, he was pushed from behind by Jared Spurgeon, Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said. Obviously, they saw it different. You dont win those ones. Once they make the call, it is what it is.Toronto, the NHLs highest-scoring team at 3.29 goals per game, played without forwards Joffrey Lupul, Peter Holland and Nazem Kadri. The three veterans have totalled 57 points this season and were hurt in Torontos shootout win over Boston on Wednesday.James van Riemsdyk, Torontos second-leading scorer, left the game bleeding after taking a puck to the face late in the third, but returned for his final shift.We played a pretty solid game on the road, said Bernier, who had 26 saves. We didnt find a way to score more goals and that was the bottom line. I think we killed too many penalties there.Minnesota went 4-8 in December and fell to 11th in the Western Conference. The Wild had a similar slump last December, but went 23-10-7 in the new year to reach the playoffs.Theyre off to a good start in 2015.It was huge, centre Erik Haula said. You look at the standings, just like last year, we got to just keep that going like we did, that we keep playing our best hockey when our backs are against the wall. We were able to do that.Having Kuemper playing as he did in October is what the Wild need if theyre going to put together a run. Since returning from the Christmas break, Kuemper has stopped 85 of 90 shots over three games.Biggest think with Kuemps right now is hes gotta build, Yeo said.NOTES: Lupul (lower body) and Holland (upper body) were back in Toronto for further evaluation. Kadri, who stayed in the game and scored a shootout goal Wednesday, made the trip to Minnesota, but was scratched and is also expected to miss Saturdays game in Winnipeg with a lower-body injury. ... With LW Brett Sutter out (illness) and LW Jason Zucker missing his fourth game with an illness, Minnesota recalled C Tyler Graovac from AHL Iowa. Tracy Walker Jersey . -- The Detroit Lions made it crystal clear to Golden Tate that he was their top target in free agency. LeGarrette Blount Jersey . 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"When Jesse Briggs started to fall a little bit, you could just see Kyle perk up in his chair. Custom Detroit Lions Jerseys . They wanna make t-shirts about it and sell them at our next hockey game..DB: Wow, they want to make t-shirts? That sounds pretty amazing.MS: Yeah, I was also on the Top 10, I was number 1 today, so that was pretty cool.EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers seem to be getting it together under interim coach Todd Nelson. Derek Roy had a goal and two assists as the Oilers came away with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.Benoit Pouliot, Jeff Petry, Nail Yakupov and Taylor Hall also scored for the Oilers (10-23-9) who have gone 3-1-2 under Nelson since he took over sole coaching responsibilities when G.M. Craig MacTavish moved back upstairs after joining Nelson for five games in the wake of the firing of Dallas Eakins.The Oilers had lost 20 of their previous 21 games before showing some recent signs of life.Its fun to win, Hall said. It does make you forget about what place you are in the standings for a couple of days. We need that, we need to be a relaxed group. For us, winning helps out a lot with that.Were starting to gel a lot as a team. When we get down, we come together, we dont try to do too much individually, were starting to play like that and its helping out a lot. Its a nice little stretch for us. A win is a win, no matter where it is in the season. And when youre winning against a team like Chicago its even better.Thats how we have to play every game, added Yakupov. That was really a team game tonight. It was really exciting. We started to play the right way.The Oilers twice scored quickly after allowing a goal, something Nelson said was a good sign that there is still some fight in the squad.It was a great sign that we could bounce back right away, he said. Thats good to see, hopefully that continues and we keep on maturing in that direction. Once they scored, our guys stuck with it and got rewarded.Brandon Saad had both goals for the Blackhawks (27-13-2), who have lost two of their past three games.They played a good game, but we had all the chances we needed to win this game tonight, said Blackhawks goalie Antti Raanta. Ive played better games myself.The game winning-goal, the third one, if you let that kind of bad rebound right to a guys stick, you have to recover and make the save. You cant let in that kind of goal. We lost the game almost because of me, so it is a bad feeling.The Blackhawks were coming off a tough trip after playing the Wild in Minnesota on Thursday night, but Saad said they cant use that as an excuse.Its tough, but there are no excuses, he said. It is part of the NHL and the schedule. We cant blame it on that. We got outworked tonight. It was a big game for us and a tough loss.Were not happy with our last two performances.The Blackhawks started the scoring seven-and-a-half minutes into the first period as Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens was able tto make an initial stop on Chicago forward Jonathan Toews, but the Edmonton defence let Saad skate in unmarked to deposit the rebound into the net for his 11th goal of the season.ddddddddddddEdmonton got that goal back just over a minute later as Pouliot tucked a puck past Raanta during a scramble in front of the Blackhawks net.The Oilers went up 2-1 on the power play with six-and-a-half minutes left to play in the opening frame. Teddy Purcell fed a puck in front of the Chicago net and Roy came racing in to deflect it past Raanta.Chicago tied the game six minutes into the second period as Oilers defender Nikita Nikitin blew a tire, allowing a two-on-one. Marian Hossa elected to shoot on the play and the rebound came directly to Saad, who scored his second goal of the game.Edmonton came flying back to regain the lead only 46 seconds later as Petry joined the rush and slipped the rebound from a Yakupov shot through Raantas legs to make it 3-2.Scrivens kept his team in the lead with five minutes left in the second period as he made a huge stop on Andrew Shaw on the doorstep.The Oilers were able to clamp down on defence and limit the Blackhawks chances in the third until Yakupov was able to put the game away, coming in with Hall on a two-on-none opportunity and electing to shoot himself, beating Raanta on the backhand with three minutes remaining. It was Yakupovs first goal in 15 games.Hall added an empty-netter shortly afterwards.Scrivens recorded 19 saves in the win.Both teams return to the ice on Sunday as the Blackhawks return to Chicago to face the Wild and the Oilers finish off a four-game homestand against the Florida Panthers.Notes: It was the second of three games between the Oilers and Hawks this season. Chicago dominated the first contest with a 7-1 win in Edmonton in November. The Blackhawks entered the game having won five in a row over Edmonton, dating to the 2012-13 season… Chicago backup goalie Antti Raanta got the nod in net after watching Corey Crawford make the previous seven starts for the team… There were some obvious statistical differences between the two teams entering the game, the most glaring being goal differential. 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