Well, that sucked.
The Arizona Coyotes came off of an inspiring win over the Seattle Kraken, oozing with momentum, and then just completely collapsed by allowing two goals in the first period on route to a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
It didn’t take long for the Wild to get on the board, as just 4:22 into the period we saw Joel Eriksson Ek with a filthy snipe on the powerplay. Then, just a couple of minutes later, Jon Merrill wired one from the point through traffic on a shot that was re-directed by Marcus Foligno to put the Wild up 2-0.