The Minnesota Wild have been spiraling as of late.
Despite their strong start to the season and every casual observer jumping on the bandwagon with Kirill Kaprizov creating every single highlight reel with a flick of his wrist, a 3-3-2 record in their last 8 games isn’t the makings of a team that wants to take a deep run into the playoffs. Especially when you consider how disastrous their underlying numbers have been.
Through the last 30 days, the Wild boast the 26th-ranked xGF% at 5-on-5 (44.56) and the league’s worst CF% at 5-on-5 (42.