This Minnesota Wild team’s season, at least to this point, has been defined by inconsistency — not only on a game-by-game basis, but often times on a period-by-period basis. Prior to Thursday night’s contest against the Colorado Avalanche, it had been nearly a month since the Wild last won consecutive games. But against Colorado, the Wild put together one of their best performances of the season to end their recent string of erratic play, taking down the Avalanche 3-2 to win consecutive games for just the second time in 2019-20.
After a mostly quiet opening period (in which the Wild actually seemed to dominate at times), Minnesota finally broke the ice early in the middle frame with a Mats Zuccarello power-play goal off a gorgeous feed from captain Mikko Koivu.