Obviously, the Minnesota Wild have lost both Matt Dumba to injury earlier in the year and then Mikko Koivu recently – those two injuries, plus others to lesser roster players make a difference.
However, this performance really highlighted two things that have been common this year – the Minnesota Wild can’t score goals and Devan Dubnyk‘s form has been an absolute roller-coaster.
The manner of the defeat wasn’t awful; the Wild weren’t completely outplayed. In fact, if you look at their Corsi on the night, they controlled large portions of the action – topping the Ducks with an impressive 60.