It wasn’t the most aesthetically pleasing game. The Anaheim Ducks like to do that. There’s so much obstruction, the opposition looks way worse, especially when Anaheim gets away with it. The Ducks were physical. They out-hit the Wild 30-17 and really took it to the Wild’s forwards, who were met with heavy hits and zero room in the offensive zone.
But the Wild fought through it all. They pressed, skated, and hit posts, but they fought through the physicality and the misfortunes. That’s likely how the Ducks had won five of their last six games.