This time, the win went to the wounded warriors.
The Minnesota Wild were missing Kirill Kaprisov and a few other key players on Monday against the Colorado Avalanche, but it didn’t matter. The Wild entered this matchup having lost four of their last five games, including a 6-1 blowout defeat against Colorado on January 9. However, this game had a different outcome.
Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, and Liam Ohgren supplied two assists, but it was the third period that sealed the deal when Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored less than two minutes apart early in the frame to hand Minnesota A 3-1 victory.