They left feeling less hot, with a hot start, but a pathetic performance after that. Here’s the recap.

First Period

The game opened with a stalemate of a first shift until the Wild iced the puck about 45 seconds in. Zetterberg’s line then took over things for Larkin’s group and they (along with DK and Jensen) dominated the Wild, setting the tone for the early going in the period.

What were we talking about earlier today? Something about Larkin getting roughed up more and more as he gets better? He took a Nate Prosser fist to the face less than four minutes in.