It’s a “can’t win” game for the Wild. Win and handily beat the lowly, historically bad Avalanche, and it’s something that should be expected from a team that once led the Western Conference for two months. Lose to the putrid, awful organization that is Colorado, and the 19,164 fans in attendance would burn down the Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota obliged and beat the Avalanche 5-2 on home ice and supported their once All-Star goaltender Devan Dubnyk in the process.
The Wild couldn’t catch a break during the month of March. When the skaters would make a mistake, it ended up in the back on the Minnesota net, while Dubnyk could not get an ounce of goal support to help apply the tourniquet to the wound.