Enjoy that win, Wild fans, because we won’t see another one for a while. That’s not a portent of poor play - it’s just that the Wild get an eight-day extended break due to the All-Star Game and the bye week system the NHL has developed for it’s teams. Minnesota won’t play again until February, when they will face division rivals Dallas and Chicago in a back-to-back on February 1st and 2nd.
Check out Joe’s game recap for the highlights, but Eric Staal, Charlie Coyle and Ryan Suter were by far the stars of the game, along with an amazing (and painful) shift from Nick Seeler where a series of blocked shots led to Coyle’s goal, which pretty much put the game out of reach.