For the Minnesota Wild to get a point in a game it looked like they had no business being in through the first 57 minutes, it should be considered quite the consolation. In a perfect world, the Wild go into Brdigestone Arena, a building they haven’t scored in all season, and they put together a good road game with both teams playing an even bout.
That wasn’t the case. Instead, after the Predators took a 1-0 lead just 2:51 into the game on a Roman Josi blast from the left point, they all but shut down the neutral zone and took any and all space away from Minnesota Wild forwards.