They did it, Wild fans. Your Minnesota Wild finally, 13 days into the regular season, have a crooked number in the win column in the standings. It took a furious rally in the third period as Ryan Suter and Jared Spurgeon led the Wild to victory. Alex Stalock got his first win of the season in his 2nd start of his 2017-18 campaign by stopping 35 of 37 shots to single-handedly give his team a chance to win.
Stalock was the story early, middle, and late. However, the first period, as the Wild gave up 18 shots on goal, took 3 penalties, and have a myriad of issues exiting their own zone, Stalock, flopped, dived, and threw anything, and everything but the kitchen sink in front of the puck to help the Wild weather the storm.