For one beautiful night, the Minnesota Wild enjoyed all the luck against one of the best teams in the league when they trounced the Colorado Avalanche 8-3 on Wednesday. They hoped to take that momentum into Friday’s matchup with a St. Louis Blues team coming off their first win after a seven-game losing streak. The Wild were hot shooters with strong goaltending, and the Blues had to be feeling desperate to avoid falling further behind in the playoff race.
Turns out, this freaky Friday was opposite day.
The Blues owned the action in all aspects of the game from the drop of the puck, scoring early and often in a 7-1 shellacking of the Wild.