Lankinen is expected to start at home against Vegas on Wednesday, per Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650. Lankinen has lost five of his past six appearances (1-2-3) while allowing 21 goals on 178 ...

Lankinen stopped 31 of 32 shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Avalanche. Lankinen didn't have to deal with Nathan MacKinnon (undisclosed), which ended up making the Avalanche a much easier opponent.

Zuccarello beat goalie Kevin Lankinen on a breakaway after Kirill Kaprizov freed him in the zone with a nifty pass. With one game remaining, Minnesota holds the first wild-card spot in the Western ...

In a game with heavy Western Conference wild card implications ... and Mats Zuccarello added tallies for the Wild. Kevin Lankinen started the game for Vancouver, stopping 30 of 33 shots against.

Minnesota Wild's Mats Zuccarello (36) scores the winning goal against Vancouver Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen during overtime of an NHL hockey game ... the first wild-card spot in the Western ...

Zuccarello beat goalie Kevin Lankinen on a breakaway after Kirill ... Minnesota holds the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference, a point ahead of St. Louis and five in front of Calgary.