The Wild got a scare with their starting goaltender, Devan Dubnyk, not returning to the ice as the teams came out of the locker room for the second period. That doesn’t matter much to Alex Stalock, who made saves in injury relief to propel the Wild into the Wild Card picture. Mikael Granlund broke the deadlock in a five-round shootout to give the Wild its fifth straight victory in games that need extra time to decide the winner.
The Flames are youthful and full of speed, and well, the Wild let the Flames basically have their way in the first period.