Wild stave off meltdown against Jekyll-and-Hyde-like Ottawa Senators

Never a doubt! Lots of doubts!

Wednesday’s game is the perfect example of how a squad—specifically the Ottawa Senators—can be both the NHL’s best offensive team and worst defensive team simultaneously. Minnesota seemed to have the game completely in hand through the first thirty minutes against the innocuous Dr. Jekyll version of the Senators, getting out to a 2-0 lead in the first, extending it to 3-0 in the second, and opening the third 4-1. But then the terrifying Mr. Hyde version of Ottawa came out for the final twenty, and it clawed all the way back to tie the game, before Dr. Jekyll and his terrible defense could once again be exposed.

That’s the game the Senators play. It’s wide open,…