Matt Cullen has not scored a goal in his last 13 games. Cullen also has not picked up an assist in six February games and has 11 goals and 29 points this season with a minus-seven rating. The Wild have dropped like a stone since leading the NHL in points in late November and are currently out of a playoff spot. They will need Cullen to start producing once again if they have any hope of garnering a playoff spot.

Minnesota native Matt Cullen will play in his 1,000th NHL game tonight when the Wild entertains the San Jose Sharks. "It's kind of funny to think that I'm that old already," he said. "A lot of good memories. I've enjoyed every minute of it." His first shift was with the Anaheim Ducks and it lasted about three seconds. "My first game was in Maple Leaf Gardens, actually," Cullen said. "What stands out is I lost the first faceoff to Mats Sundin. Right back to the point and they shot it, the goalie saved it and then they changed. So I was off." Now a faceoff specialist who has won 54.1 percent of his draws this season for Minnesota, Cullen has 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points to rank third in points for the Wild, who will be trying to snap a stretch of 11 losses in their past 12 games against the Sharks.

Matt Cullen scored a goal and registered an assist in a 4-2 loss Saturday night. Cullen's goal was scored on a penalty shot. Pierre-Marc Bouchard netted his ninth goal of the season.

Look for Matt Cullen to be the first line center on Saturday with the injury to Mikko Koivu. Cullen will likely center Cal Clutterbuck and Dany Heatley while injuries to Guillaume Latendresse, Devin Setoguchi and Pierre-Marc Bouchard have made the third line consisting of Darroll Powe, Kyle Brodziak and Nick Johnson the new second line. Its amazing that the Wild keep winning with all the injuries to their forwards, but they do.

Matt Cullen snapped his 12-game goalless slump. Cullen only got 12 goals last season, but he might reach the 20-goal milestone in 2011-12 if he can stay healthy. He has nine goals and 18 points in 31 games.

Matt Cullen (illness) looks like he will return to Minnesota's lineup on Wednesday night. He sat out Tuesday's game with an illness. Cullen has eight goals and 17 points in 30 games this season.

Feeling under the weather, Minnesota's Matt Cullen will not play tonight at Winnipeg. With Cullen out, Guillaume Latendresse was inserted into the lineup for tonight after missing 15 games with a concussion. Cullen had played all 30 games this season and is 8-9-17.

Minnesota leads the NHL with 43 points at its 30-game mark and second-line center Matt Cullen thinks he knows the reason for the Wild's success. "There's accountability," Cullen said. "There's an exception here that we want to build a winning team and a winning culture and we just can't accept bad games. You're going to lose from time to time, but it's not going to be because of a lack of effort."

Matt Cullen has already has two three-point games this season. That's impressive, seeing as Cullen didn't have a single three-point game in 2010-11. That being said, he's still on pace to finish with between 40-50 points for the sixth time in seven seasons. The one exception was in 2010-11, when he finished with 39 points. He might not be a superstar, but at least he's been reliable.

Matt Cullen dished out three assists in Minnesota's 5-3 win over the Ducks on Sunday. The line of Cullen, Casey Wellman and Pierre-Marc Bouchard was easily the most productive of the night as both Wellman and Bouchard registered a goal and an assist in the game. Cal Clutterbuck also matched that total with a goal and a helper of his own.