After a hot start, the Wild gave up a late goal in the first and early goal in the second to lose to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.
Eric Staal forced a turnover ahem that definitely wasn’t Steve Mason giving the puck up ahem and Zach Parise buried it to give the Wild an early lead.
That was the high point for the Wild. After several big chances, the Wild were still only ahead by a goal through poor shooting and decent goaltending from Mason.
Late in the period, the Wild gave up a goal through Sean Couturier.