The Minnesota Wild shutout Phoenix 4-0 Thursday night.  Minnesota was 4-for-7 on the power play and got 2 goals and 1 assist from defenseman Marek Zidlicky.  Eric Belanger added a goal and an assist and Andrew Brunette added 1 goal for Minnesota.  Niklas Backstrom stopped 24 shots in net for the Wild to get his 2nd shutout of the season.  Minnesota outshot Phoenix 32-24.  The Wild improve to 9-4-1 and will host Columbus at 7pm Saturday night, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 6:35.