The Minnesota Wild look to get out of the swirling downward pool against a familiar opponent that has been easy to overcome in the first half of this season.
Against the Anaheim Ducks, the Wild boast a record of 3-1 and has never allowed more than two goals against in each of the four matchups. The only loss was a frustrating 1-0 shutout when Nicolas Deslauriers of all players scored the only goal.
But now with some of their young players up and contributing — both Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale scored their first NHL goals the other night against the Arizona Coyotes — could we be in for a surprise?