Avalanche, Wild tussle for third place in Central

The reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche are in a dogfight with the Minnesota Wild for a playoff berth. Still, Wild coach Dean Evason believes the teams' Wednesday night contest in Saint Paul, Minn., isn't any bigger than any other game on the schedule.

"Every game is important, right?" Evason said before the Avalanche leapfrogged Minnesota into third place in the hotly contested Central Division by earning a