The Wild aren’t eliminated just yet from playoff contention, but they would need something miraculous to happen to make it following their 4-0 loss at the hands of the Coyotes. A game that both teams needed a victory in since they are both chasing down Colorado who holds the final Wild Card, but Sunday night, it just wasn’t meant to be or the Wild. I think Eric Staal put it best. He said afterwards that “we’re not stupid. This was big. It hurts to lose it”.
1st Period
Early on, the Wild looked to get a much important first goal of the game, but it would strike iron off the stick of Kevin Fiala.