The Wild fought through a slow start and a choppy first period to gain its first consecutive wins since December 17th. Erik Haula, Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville, and Charlie Coyle all score to lead the Wild to a 5-3 win.
The first period was riddled with a lot of stoppages as the Wild tried to work its way into the Flames zone. However, the speedy forwards of Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, and Sam Bennett seemed to keep the puck in the Minnesota end for large portions of the period. That was until the third line of Jason Pominville, Erik Haula, and Nino Niederreiter got a chance to win a faceoff in the offensive zone.