We said in our preview that this was destined to be a good game with the lineups that these two teams were planning to ice, and we were right.
It was a very entertaining game filled with small bouts of dominance from the Minnesota Wild, flashes of brilliance from the kids and highlight-reel saves (mainly on the part of Chicago Blackhawks netminder Kevin Lankinen).
We feel it’s essential to discuss just how dominant the first powerplay unit has looked. There were times last year where the system and process seemed promising, but they couldn’t score to save their lives.