The Winnipeg Jets were up to the test on this night, and gave the Minnesota Wild starting lineup as much as they could handle. This game was dubbed as the regular season dress rehearsal, and it lived up to the billing.
With Ryan Suter dressing for the first time in nearly 9 full months, and 18 of 20 expected roster starters all in uniform, lining up against a Winnipeg team dressing only slightly more starters than Colorado brought on Saturday, it was expected that the writing should be on the wall.
That is most definitely not what happened.