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The 2026 NFL playoff bracket is set, beginning with six star-studded matchups set to unfold over Wild Card Weekend. All 14 teams are vying to get to Super Bowl LX, which is set to be played in Santa Clara,
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Danila Yurov scored twice, Quinn Hughes had four assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Friday night. Kirill Kaprizov, Yakov Trenin and Nico Sturm also scored for the Wild, who earned a point for the fifth straight game (3-0-2). Filip Gustavsson stopped 26 shots.
Gustavsson kept the Wild in the game long enough, stopping odd-man rushes and even pulled a two-on-zero robbery on Adrian Kempe. But the balloon popped in the final five minutes of the second period when the Kings’ Warren Foegele and Kevin Fiala scored.
Danila Yurov scored twice, Yakov Trenin had a goal and an assist and Joel Eriksson Ek had two assists for the Wild (25-10-7), who have a five-game point streak (3-0-2) and are 10-1-2 in their past 13 games. Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves after he was named to Team Sweden for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 earlier Friday.
Montana State beat Illinois State in an instant classic in the FCS Championship game. Check out scores, updates and highlights here: