Whilst these aren’t the sorts of results that the Minnesota Wild can be reliant upon; grinding out to overtime makes a difference. Last year’s wild-card spot was decided by just one point, after all.
Devan Dubnyk was the real hero of the week, standing on his head with a ridiculous shot count fired at him by the Hurricanes.
The promotion of Jordan Greenway to the top line against Chicago was also a change from recent times and for all intent and purposes, appeared somewhat inspired.
J.J. Regan of NBC Sports Washington placed the Minnesota Wild in 22nd place, whilst NBC Sports Boston colleague, Joe Haggerty ranked the team 17th (last week: 24th).