If there was one word to describe the Wild’s performance in Friday’s tilt it would be “Discombobulated.” It’s a word that means “confused or disconcerted,” as defined by the Oxford Dictionary. After 8 days off, the Wild most certainly looked confused, especially on the power play, and disconcerted when trying to get any sort of offense going. Minnesota fell not just to the Stars 3-1 on Friday, but after sitting in third place in the Central Division going into the contest, they’ve been usurped in the standings by the same Stars team.
The joke was that the Wild looked like a team that hadn’t played in 8 days.