Granted, a three-game winning streak including a big result against the Tampa Bay Lightning does a little to mask the need to fix a bigger issue, but the Minnesota Wild are still allowing far too many shots against.
Zach Parise, Jason Zucker and Ryan Suter are all proving valuable on the offensive side of the ice, putting the pain on the opposition, but they’re doing so at the expense of allowing that same opposition to attack Devan Dubnyk or Alex Stalock‘s net.
Now, in the case of Devan Dubnyk, you have a top-tier, if not near elite goaltender.