Center Matt Cullen wouldn't go as far as to say his season is over after breaking his right index finger Saturday in Buffalo, but "time's getting short." Cullen, who watched Sunday's game in Washington while wearing a splint, will be examined by Wild doctors Monday to find out the severity of the fracture and a timeline. With 4 1/2 minutes left Saturday and the Wild down by a goal, he tried to knock down Christian Ehrhoff's shot so he could take off on transition. He knew right away he broke it. "It's just a fluky thing," Cullen said. "You block a lot of shots through the course of the season, and that one wasn't particularly hard. It just happened to find the right spot, and it breaks the bone." Cullen, 35, who has 14 goals and 35 points in 73 games, was born in Virginia, Minn., and grew up in Moorhead. Two years into a three-year deal, missing the playoffs both years is not the way Cullen envisioned his homecoming. "It's especially disappointing the way things started off so promising [this season]," he said.