Well, that was a bummer.
The Minnesota Wild actually played Saturday’s game very well throughout all three periods, despite trailing by two goals twice. They were constantly peppering James Reimer with shots and creating chances, and finally they broke through late in the second period on scores from Luke Kunin, Zach Parise and then Carson Soucy, who scored his first NHL goal after a nice play by Victor Rask to tie the game at three apiece heading into the final period.
Carolina did not shy away in the third, however, as the Hurricanes came out looking like a team who also badly wanted a win.