Winning is never boring, but games against the Wild always seem to have dull moments, don’t they?
Feel of the game
Drama begets drama, and that was the theme of the first period, right from 40 seconds into the game onwards. Mikael Backlund has been Matthew Tkachuk’s centre for pretty much his entire NHL career, so he certainly didn’t appreciate losing him to pointless shenanigans from an earlier game, and got his vengeance – something that ended up really paying off for the Flames, as the fight knocked Matt Dumba, who averages the second most ice time for the Wild, out of the game.