If there’s one thing that’s consistent about the Minnesota Wild, it’s their inconsistency. After winning consecutive games for the first time in 2019-20 — against the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers, respectively — the Wild travelled to Nashville to take on the Predators on Thursday, which wound up being one of their most frustrating performances of the season.
Luckily, the Wild bounced back in a big way Saturday night, taking down the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-1 route on home ice. Despite being outshot by Los Angeles (31-27) and decimated in the faceoff circle (they only won 37 percent of their draws), the Wild created a ton of quality scoring chances and took full advantage of them.