Wild 4, Ducks 3 (OT): Wild win with unlikely overtime hero

Harrison Barden-USA TODAY Sports Head Coach of the Minnesota Wild Dean Evason has been validated.

Say nothing more. See no “on the ice for Wednesday’s overtime loss,” hear no “19 games without a point while centering Kaprizov and Zuccarello,” speak no Victor Rask slander. Not tonight, as he netted the overtime winner which propelled our Minnesota Wild past the Anaheim Ducks 4-3.

At first, the game started poorly for the Wild, as Rickard Rakell (great hockey name) opened the scoring in favor of Anaheim. To make things worse, the game had been fairly hum-drum to this point, a scenario which favors the Ducks because their identity is solid defense and goaltending. A slow game flow and an early…