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Wild clinch 5th straight playoff berth with Kings' loss

Brace Hemmelgarn / USA Today Sports

Another year, another postseason appearance for the Minnesota Wild.

Despite a defeat at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday afternoon, the Wild clinched a playoff spot early Sunday morning, thanks to the Los Angeles Kings' 3-0 loss to the New York Rangers.

Minnesota will play in the postseason for the fifth consecutive year, and for the first time under head coach Bruce Boudreau.

It's the eighth playoff berth in the Wild's 16-year history, but they haven't made it out of the second round since their very first postseason run, when they advanced to the Western Conference Final under Jacques Lemaire in 2003.

The Wild sit second in the Central Division, eight points behind the first-place Chicago Blackhawks and seven points clear of the Nashville Predators.

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