After a solid 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild were back in action Thursday night looking to earn consecutive road wins for the first time all season. The Wild seemed to have a pretty good opportunity at pulling that off, especially against a struggling San Jose Sharks team. Unfortunately for Minnesota, though, that didn’t happen. But they did take part in one of the most Wild insane games of the young 2019-20 season.
Let’s start from the top.
Just 52 seconds into the contest, Sharks captain Logan Couture beat Wild netminder Alex Stalock to give San Jose the early lead.