In a special matinee edition of Minnesota Wild hockey, the plucky little team from St. Paul welcomed the Colorado Avalanche to Minnesota for an especially important divisional tilt. These inter-divisional games are very important in the standings, and although it did turn into a 3 point game in the end, the Wild were able to gain the extra point with both Charlie Coyle and Chris Stewart scoring in the shootout to give the Wild the victory.
The Wild kicked this thing off pretty early as they came out skating hard and pressing the issue with the Avalanche.