Minnesota has the fourth-most points in the NHL, but it's only good for third place in the stacked Central Division.

Dallas Stars (21-5-5, in the Central Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (16-9-5, in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars will look to keep a four-game win streak intact when they take on the Minnesota Wild.

Zuccarello's departure after a jarring hit ignites a fiery response from teammates, leaving the Wild anxiously awaiting his status.

“The community needs this,” says MIIN's Founding Board Member, Baabiitaw Boyd. “Minnesota needs this. This is the heritage language of the state.”

Friday night's Minnesota Wild game against the Colorado Avalanche sounded different from the opening face off, with the entire broadcast called in Ojibwe​ as part of Native American Heritage Day.

It was a Minnesota Wild game unlike any other, and it all had to do with this call of the game. Photojournalist Nick Lunemann and Derek James take us inside the booth, where three announcers helped make NHL history while honoring a language rooted in this land.

Minnesota failed to score in eight minutes of power play time in the first period.