Coming into the game, we already knew the Wild were going to be at a disadvantage. With no Matt Dumba, Marcus Foligno, Kevin Fiala or Marcus Johansson, it was an uphill battle from the start.
Cam Talbot made numerous huge saves in the first half of the game, but the Avalanche managed to find themselves up 2-0 from these two goals;
Drawing in for the missing players, we had Gerry Mayhew, Luke Johnson and Kyle Rau. Gerry Mayhew was the most noticeable of the bunch, although that might have to do with him lucking his way onto a line with Kirill Kaprizov and Victor Rask.