If it is possible to have an extremely comfortable hockey game — a plush puddle of athletic performance — it was tonight against the Montreal Canadiens, for the Minnesota Wild.
Despite allowing the first goal of the game, the Wild were on cruise control for the entire game. But their version of cruise control where it is just an extremely efficient five-player attack that leads to so many damn goals getting scored. It was a comfy 8-2 win by our favorite hockey club.
The entire atmosphere was free-flowing enough for Kirill Kaprizov to play like this; without a care in the world and just dance his little heart out around some poor Montreal defenders, and just simply show off.