The Bruins entered Thursday’s match-up with the Minnesota Wild at 8-8-1; only two of those eight wins at TD Garden. Worse still the arguable fact that only one win so far this season is against what might be considered a Stanley Cup contender in the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Count the Minnesota Wild among that elite group. At 10-4-3, Minnesota will not only play into late April, but likely May and maybe even June. The Wild were on their last stop on a four-game eastern swing with a 1-1-1 record.
Devan Dubnyk was between the Wild pipes; his career vs.