(SportsNetwork.com) - The Minnesota Wild will try to win consecutive games for the first time in almost a month on Thursday night as they visit the San Jose Sharks. Though they have not put together a winning streak since taking four in a row from Nov. 13-20, the Wild have won eight of their last 12 and rallied to beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Tuesday. Minnesota trailed 3-0 after the first period and 4-1 later in the game. Nino Niederreiter had the winning goal with 4:33 to play, while Mikko Koivu and Thomas Vanek had a goal and an assist each. Jason Pominville and Erik Haula tallied as well and Niklas Backstrom made 15 saves. We were able to collect ourselves and have much better focus in our game after the first period, said Wild head coach Mike Yeo. Weve got to stop having these bad starts because its not always going to end this way. The Wild seemed to rally after defenseman Keith Ballard left the game following a scary hit in the second period. He was checked into the mid-ice boards by New Yorks Matt Martin and remained on the ice for several minutes. Ballard was eventually helped into the dressing room and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation and no penalty was called on the play. The blueliner was released from the hospital on Wednesday and is out indefinitely after suffering multiple facial fractures and a concussion. In addition to being without Ballard, defenseman Marco Scandella will begin a two-game suspension tonight for an illegal check to the head on New Yorks Brock Nelson in the third period. The Sharks also come in shorthanded, with both defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic and forward Mike Brown exiting Tuesdays 5-2 win over Edmonton. Brown is expected to miss some time with a lower-body injury, while Vlasic is questionable with an upper-body issue. Joe Pavelski scored twice to help the Sharks split a home-and-home set with the Oilers. Logan Couture had a goal and an assist while Brent Burns and Barclay Goodrow also lit the lamp for the Sharks, who had a four-game win streak halted with a 2-1 loss at Edmonton on Sunday. We were ready to play and got some quick goals. The crowd gets into it and you feed off that, said Pavelski. Goodrows goal was the first of his NHL career and Melker Karlsson picked up an assist in his NHL debut. Alex Stalock stopped 25 shots in the win. He got the late call over Antti Niemi after Niemi was banged up during morning skate. The Sharks have won four of their past six versus the Wild. Cheap Air Jordan 6 China .Y. -- Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff had an opportunity to experience an entire range of emotions in his first trip back to Buffalo to face his former team. Air Jordan 6 Clearance . Some teams got significantly better, some teams divested themselves of talent and some teams had quiet afternoons, keeping the status quo. http://www.clearanceairjordan6.com/ . Louis Blues have returned to the top spot in the TSN. Cheap Air Jordan 6 Retro .S. Basketball Writers Association. McDermott, who finished his career at Creighton as college basketballs fifth-leading scorer, accepted the honour from Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson at AT&T Stadium, site of the Final Four. Jordan Retro 6 Wholesale . And on Sunday against the Houston Astros they were pleased to see his work finally pay off with his first win since May 24.Brazil were knocked out of the Copa America after a controversial handball goal from Peru saw them crash out at the group stages. The five-time champions only needed a draw to qualify for the quarter-finals and looked to be on course for a place in the last eight, but were stunned with 15 minutes to play.A rare attack from Peru ended with Raul Ruidiaz bundling in Andy Polos cross from the by-line and appearing to use his arm to score. Ruidiaz wheeled away to celebrate and Uruguayan referee Andres Cunha signalled for the goal despite furious protests from Brazils players and after a chaotic delay of around four minutes, the official ruled the goal should stand.After the game, Brazzil coach Dunga was furious with the decision that knocked his side out at the group stages for the first time since 1987.ddddddddddddThe team was not eliminated by anything to do with football, he said. I do not quite understand who or what the referee was consulting.It was such a clear handball, but we have no influence over the referee. I am sure the Brazilian fans saw the game and saw how Brazil were eliminated.Hit play on the video above to see how Brazil exited the Copa America and watch all the games live on Premier Sports. Also See: Peru dump Brazil out of Copa 10-man USA hold off Paraguay Wholesale HoodiesNFL Shirts OutletJerseys NFL WholesaleCheap NFL Jerseys Free ShippingWholesale Jerseys CheapCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale JerseysWholesale NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '