Coming in off a lengthy shootout victory in Buffalo the night before, interim head coach John Torchetti chose to come back with Devan Dubnyk, and in the end, the lackluster play through two periods and shaky goaltending did the Wild in. Jori Lehtera, and Ryan Reaves scored to the Blues up early, but Patrik Berglund's goal in the second period that would put the Blues up for the good. An empty netter by Robby Fabbri sealed the deal and the Wild failed to gain a point to keep some distance on the Avalanche in the standings.