Minnesota’s loss to Arizona on Tuesday was a VERY bitter tough pill to swallow. This was not a good one to come out of with no points.
After carrying a 3-1 lead into the third period and dominating the first two, the Wild collapsed for three goals against in the final frame, ultimately succumbing to a team that had dropped its previous four consecutive games. Of those four straight losses, Arizona’s two most recent losses came at a combined score of 11-2 in favor of its opponents.
The Coyotes had recently returned to being the “Lowly Coyotes,” so one would have to think that Minnesota may have expected them to whimper quietly off into the night when the third period came around.