Things looked good for the State of Hockey for about 50 seconds, but the Minnesota Wild fell to the Winnipeg Jets in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series.
The wheels came off immediately after the Wild went up 2-1 on a Zach Parise goal in the third period. Patrik Laine intercepted a puck and scored, then shortly after, Joe Morrow sealed the Wild’s fate by getting a fortuitous bounce past Devan Dubnyk.
Given that the game turned on cracks in the Wild’s goal prevention, it can be easy to focus on that aspect of their game.