I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the Minnesota Wild did it. Again.
You don’t get to face the Los Angeles Kings, projected be a league bottom-feeder, every night. Due to the ‘series’-like structure of this season, the Wild got to face the Kings for the second time in three nights.
A rematch of the Wild’s thrilling 4-3 overtime win on Thursday night, the game started very differently this time around, with the Wild coming out with speed and aggressiveness in the offensive zone. That paid off very, very early with a goal by Matt Dumba, scored beneath the goal line, that may or may not have pinballed in (it definitely did).