Just over the halfway mark in the season, the Minnesota Wild have a lot to prove. On pace to have the best season in franchise history and with expectations (both internally and externally) that are even higher, Minnesota entered Ottawa ready to prove they could pick on an opponent in the bottom half of the league. In their initial meeting of the year, the Wild beat Ottawa in an overtime thriller. Would this game have the same fireworks?
Barely two minutes into the game, Kevin Fiala lost Thomas Chabot in the high slot where he beat Cam Talbot on the short side.