ST. PAUL, Minn. -- With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Minnesota Wild have picked an inconvenient time to be playing their worst hockey of the season.
Matt Read scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period, Steve Mason stopped 24 shots and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Wild 3-1 Thursday night.
The Wild went on a 12-game winning streak in December and were the best team in the Western Conference for a three-month stretch. But they've gone 3-9-0 in March and have lost six of their last seven games, looking especially listless against a Flyers team that's not likely to make the Eastern Conference playoffs.