The scene shifts to Minnesota tonight, and the narrative shifts to the Blues' favor.
How about them Blues? The Minnesota Wild started the series affirming the biggest narrative that they had about them as a team: that they play well on the road. Saturday? That narrative was all shot to hell courtesy of Vladimir Tarasenko. His hat trick in game two helped split the series, and now the onus is on the Wild to pick it up at home. They were 22-13-6 on home ice last year, which isn't nearly as good of a mark as they probably were expected to have, especially down the stretch.