The last time Minnesota faced off against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on February 2nd, the world of the Wild was a much different place. Marcus Foligno had been held out due to COVID precautions. Kevin Fiala was sitting out his third and final game of a suspension for boarding. And the Wild were in the midst of an up-and-down patch in their schedule, having dropped four of six and allowing 20 goals over that span.
Then, as everyone knows, the COVID bomb hit nearly the entire team, and the Wild’s schedule was put on hold for two weeks while Minnesota and the league struggled to regain control.