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Late in the second period of the Wild’s 4-3 overtime win at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, Wild defenseman Brock Faber was dropped by a hard but clean check from Wings forward Alex DeBrincat, which touched off a scuffle. Copp came in hard and delivered a forearm to the head of Boldy, injuring himself in the process.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia − Justin Brazeau traveled from Raleigh to Denver where he had a two-hour layover before meeting up with the Wild on Friday afternoon in western Canada. “Ate a little bit,” he said.

The last time the Boston Bruins saw the Minnesota Wild was when Jeremey Swayman made 36 saves in a shutout effort a month ago at TD Garden. On Sunday, Filip Gustavsson returned the favor for Minnesota,

The Minnesota Wild are back in town for the fourth and final matchup of the regular season between the two clubs. Utah has earned points in all three games against the Wild, falling 5-4 in a shootout at home on Dec. 10, winning 2-1 in St. Paul on Dec. 20, and shutting out Minnesota 4-0 at Xcel Energy Center on Jan. 23.

GM Craig Conroy made no moves at the deadline, although it’s worth noting that he did pull off a big one at the end of January when he flipped Jakob Pelletier and Andrei Kuzmenko to the Philadelphia Flyers and got Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee in return. But that was it, as far as moves go.

Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline.