I’m sure some of you are tired of hearing it, we’re tired of saying it, but the Minnesota Wild will aim to make a turnaround in their string of disappointing games since, uh, the Allstar Break against the Boston Bruins. It’s the second game of a long stretch of games at home and two losses at The X would be the worst way to start it.
If the 4.6 goals per game allowed over the past 15 games and the 19 power-play goals allowed over the last 17, didn’t serve as a wakeup call to this swooning team, perhaps the fact that Minnesota have now fallen to a wildcard spot for the first time this season will.