SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- If last weekend's NHL results are at all telling, the Halloween Night meeting between the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild could be a blowout.
Both teams are coming off a home win against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. But where the Wild had to scratch and claw and come from behind to beat the Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night, the Jets had little trouble. Blake Wheeler's first-period hat trick was just the opening salvo in a 7-1 romp by the Jets.
The common denominator is solid goaltending, with both Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk and Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck hitting their stride in the waning days of October.