The team which never gives up finally met its match in the period of the long change. Facing a two-goal deficit heading into the third, Wild fans and players alike comforted themselves with a strange refrain: “we’ve been here before.”
A storied season of roaring comebacks on the backs of star scoring the likes of which this franchise has never seen fell short on Friday night in Vegas, abruptly scratching out the Cinderella story just as it seemed to be coming to a head.
Minnesota got off to a slow start in the first period, giving up 1.