Good news: the Minnesota Wild scored during 5-on-5 for the first time in over two games. Bad news: it made little difference in the end result as the Wild fell to the Dallas Stars. Also bad news: the Wild were 0-5 on the power play.
It is, however, still the preseason. The Wild are still using these games to give several NHL-hopefuls a chance to impress the coaching staff and get a measure of how they stack up against another team (and some of their respective hopefuls). There’s no need to be overly concerned.