St. Paul, Minn. — The National Hockey League playoffs are starting, and Minnesota will be in Anaheim to play the Ducks in the first game of a best-of- seven series.
The Wild almost won the NHL's Northwest Division which would have given them home-ice advantage. Instead, the are the seventh seed out of eight teams in the league's Western conference and will begin on the road.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer gets a playoff preview from Morning Edition sports commentator Steve Rudolph.