DENVER -- Even though Zach Parise didn't score in his first five games back from a knee injury, coach Mike Yeo said he wasn't worried about the star forward who played his best game since the injury on Saturday.
Parise returned to the Wild's lineup Nov. 27, three weeks after suffering a sprained knee ligament.
In that time, Yeo said, the entire NHL got better because sloppy mistakes associated with early season play disappeared and the pace of the game picked up.
"You don't just step back in and just be right where you expect to be," Yeo said.