Sure, the loser point is great and all—especially when your team is down by a goal in the closing minutes of regulation and you rally to tie it—but finishing the job and getting two points would be way better. The Wild have teased us the last two games by finding the against-odds late equalizer in both contests, only to get knocked off in the extra frame.
Tuesday in Buffalo, Zach “Greasy” Parise jammed home the tying goal at 18:23 of the third period, but was stopped on the final shootout attempt to seal the loss. It was another disappointing finish for a Minnesota team that went into the All-Star break/bye week on an awesome roll, but has exited said break with three straight losses.