Nino Niederrieter produces where ever he is at in the line-up and today, with Mike Yeo on the visiting bench for the first time since being given his walking papers last season, Niederreiter got to display just how good he is. Being bounced around the line-up and with time-on-ice around 14 minutes per game, he notched his 9th point in 10 games.
The St. Louis Blues blitzed the Wild early in the first period. Devan Dubnyk was sharp early as the Wild waited until 9:04 into the game to get their first shot on goal. That shot would also come on a Wild power play.