ST. PAUL, Minn. -- This game was not supposed to be anything special.
Sure, it featured a couple of pretty fair clubs -- the Penguins and Wild -- sharing a slab of ice, but it wasn't billed as anything more compelling than, well, NHL Regular Season Game No. 1079.
And understandably so.
These teams don't have a historical rivalry of which to speak. They don't operate out of the same division. Or even the same conference, for that matter.
But on this night, they co-existed like a couple of scorpions sharing a bottle.