The Minnesota Wild are down 2-1 in their first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights and morale is kind of hitting a low.
Heading into this seven-game series, it was fairly split among neutral parties whether or not the Wild can take advantage of some key injuries and sustain that shooting luck they had during the regular season. Predictions were everywhere on the sliding scale between these two clubs and it kind of made sense.
With those questions in mind and a 5-1-2 record over the Golden Knights during the 56-game shortened season — I might be just talking about myself here — but the feeling was generally that we would give this supposed powerhouse Vegas team a significant challenge.