Wild look to end playoff drought, visit surging Stars

While the Minnesota Wild are no strangers to the postseason, getting out of the first round has become unfamiliar territory.

The Wild are in the playoffs for the 10th time in the past 11 seasons but have not won a postseason series since 2015.

Minnesota hopes to break that drought when it opens a Western Conference first-round series Monday on the road against the Dallas Stars.

The Wild placed third behind the Colorado