(My Sportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild continue a three-game homestand tonight with a visit by the St. Louis Blues to Xcel Energy Center.

The Wild began the residency with a 6-5 setback to the Colorado Avalanche. on Saturday. The loss was Minnesota's fourth in its last six as the host.

Pierre-Marc Bouchard had two goals and an assist while Mikko Koivu had two assists and a goal for Minnesota, which had won two straight and three of its last four games coming in.

The Wild continue to click on the man advantage, as they went 3-for-4 on the power play to raise their conversion percentage to 25.9 (27-for-104).

Niklas Backstrom allowed a career-high six goals on 26 shots before Josh Harding took over for the third period, stopping all five shots he faced.

The Wild, who are 7-5-1 as the host this year, will wrap their homestand on Friday versus Vancouver, who they trail by one point for first place in the Northwest Division.

The Blues halted a two-game losing streak on Sunday with a 4-2 victory over Atlanta in a game that featured a milestone goal by Keith Tkachuk. Tkachuk's tally was his 1,000th career point, as he became the sixth U.S.-born skater to reach that mark and 72nd in NHL history.

The milestone was just the latest for Tkachuk over the last few seasons. He has already hit the 500-goal mark in his career (511) and has played in over 1,000 career games (1,077). He is 11 assists shy of 500 for his career.

Brad Boyes finished with a goal and an assist for St. Louis, which is last in the Central Division with 22 points. Jay McClement and David Backes also scored for the Blues, while Chris Mason stopped 28 shots in the win.

The Blues have won four of their last five on the road to get to 5-5-1 as the visiting team this year. They play their second straight on the road tonight before starting a three-game homestand on Friday versus Calgary.

St. Louis defeated the Wild in Minnesota on November 22, but the Wild have still won five of the last seven encounters in the series despite that regulation loss. For the Blues it was also just their second win in nine trips to St. Paul.

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