Wild Friday 2/3/2012 Last night the Wild edged the Colorado Avalanche for a 1-0 victory. The Wild have now won two of their last three, and are holding on to eighth place in the Western Conference. They are three points in front of both the Avs and Stars, who they are coincidentally in the midst of playing consecutively. Niklas Backstrom was the unquestioned star of last night’s game, making 37 saves en route to his third shutout on the year. Mike Yeo told both Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom
