This could be the boost the struggling Wild have been looking for.
Matt Cullen, who has missed six straight games with a lower body injury, will return tonight in Calgary.
Yeo: Cullen "good to go" tonight in Calgary. Granlund out. #mnwild
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 15, 2013
“It’s nice to get back in the fight with the boys,” Cullen told reporters today. “We have seven games left, and have to win a bunch.
Cullen hasn’t played since suffering an injury in an April game against St. Louis. Since he’s been out, Minnesota has gone 1-4-1, and is in danger of missing the playoffs.
With seven games remaining in the regular season, the Wild are seventh in the Western Conference standings — two points ahead of ninth-place Dallas.
Starting with Calgary, the Wild play three games in four nights, all on the road — Edmonton on Tuesday and San Jose on Thursday.
