Defensively, the Wild are one of the stingiest units in NHL play, giving up 105 total goals (2.7 per game) to rank eighth. With a goal differential of +10, the team is 11th in the league.

Burns registered an assist, four shots on goal and two PIM in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Kings.

If you think you know Brent Burns, think again. What you see isn’t always what you get. There are two sides to San Jose’s flamboyant big man: he may look like a wild man on the surface ...

Brent Burns and some of his teammates participated ... first NHL season as an 18-year-old right winger with the Minnesota Wild, then was shuttled between forward and defense until playing the ...

The 39-year-old defenseman went to the locker room early into the first period in Carolina's game against the Hawks.

but even after Wild coach Jacques Lemaire converted Burns to a blueliner, Risebrough didn’t expect him to become one of the NHL’s best. “That speaks to Brent more than anything ...