Fansided · Nov 22, 2018
Minnesota Wild: Defensive pairing shuffle seems to pay off
The Minnesota Wild chose to shuffle defensive pairings that had seemingly been working up until very recently. The result was a 6-4 win over the Ottawa Senators; 4 conceded goals indicating the changes were nowhere near perfect.
Whatever is said though, the Minnesota Wild still won the game and the defensive pairings gave scoring contributions on that result.
Not the least a two-goal night from Matt Dumba; one at even-strength, the other on the power-play, thus not really influenced by the change in partner.
Typically this season, we’ve seen Matt Dumba and Ryan Suter paired together in a pairing that is by some measures near-elite.