Some labeled Thursday night’s win over the Tampa Bay Lightning a “statement win” by the Minnesota Wild. At the beginning of the week, it looked like the Wild needed to get the win in Nashville to salvage points in this stretch. Frankly, three days ago, I would have thought you were right. The Lightning and Nikita Kucherov are damn near unbeatable. A win over the Wild would have given Tampa their 52nd win in 68 games. The Lightning also could ave wrapped up a playoff berth with a win and it’s only March 8th.
Three Things We Learned: Wild Blank Tampa Bay Lightning
