The Wild couldn’t solve Eddie Lack in a 3-1 loss to Carolina in a slow game without a lot of fun till the third period.
The game started on a bad note, with Carolina scoring in the fifth minute after the Wild failed to clear a puck at the goalmouth. Dubnyk stopped a shot on the PK and sent the rebound into the high slot. Minnesota’s defense failed to collapse on the rebound of the follow-up shot, and Derek Ryan put it past Dubnyk.
The Wild responded by taking another penalty.