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The Arizona Coyotes lost the game but gained some self-respect in their tilt against the red-hot, swarming Minnesota Wild.
The Arizona Coyotes and the Minnesota Wild are moving along opposite paths. While the Wild have now won 5 games in a row, the Desert Dogs have lost 3 straight. The Wild move on to Colorado for a two-game set with the Avalanche, and the Coyotes are on to sunny Southern California to play the Anaheim Ducks.
Based upon the funk that the Yotes are in, there’s no such thing as an easy game, and the fact that the Ducks were beaten 8 to 4 by the Avalanche last night after leading 4 to 2 in the first period will put them in a very foul (fowl?