Hockey Wilderness · Dec 8, 2022
Recap: Wild tamed by Flames, lose 5-3
Well, you can only do so much when you hand the opposing team six chances on the power play.
The Minnesota Wild found that out in a painful way, as the Calgary Flames come storming back from a two-goal deficit and score three goals in short order thanks to some dumb penalties taken by the Wild, and claim the eventual 5-3 victory.
For the Wild, Mason Shaw, Connor Dewar, and Jon Merrill led the way in scoring with two points each — you can tell it was one of those kind of games when the depth players lead the team in scoring. In between the pipes, Marc-Andre Fleury did as much as he could, but still doesn’t look too good after saving 22 of the 26 shots he faced.
Well, it was a journey.