Welcome to scoreboard watching, Wild fans. Welcome to the Tragic Kingdom.
Nine. That is the Wild’s tragic number. The number of points that the Wild don’t get (combined with any points that the team in the 8th playoff spot earn). Heading into Tuesday’s games, that number was nine.
And all the Wild (and their fans) can do is scoreboard watch. For three long days. Until Friday. Five games to go in the season. The Knights are next, followed by the motivated Coyotes, the always tough Jets, the Kings, the Bruins and the Stars.