Coming into the shortened 2021 season, the Arizona Coyotes and Minnesota Wild were two teams that prognosticators weren’t too sure about. Would a Coyotes team that had been steadily improving over the past couple years, one that had knocked off the Nashville Predators in a playoff play-in matchup last season, be able to take the next step and be competitive with the class of the West? Would a Wild squad that was in the beginning stages of a rebuild be able to overcome aging stars, a young and unproven core, a new goaltender and free-agent fill-ins on one-year contracts to vie for the final playoff spot in the division?
Preview: Wild finish season series against Coyotes
