Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames: Game Re-cap

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Hello, Dr. Jekyll, it's been awhile. Mr. . Hyde was starting wear a little thin, so you were a welcome visitor for this fine Sunday.

For now, we will enjoy the visit from the good doctor.

The fans gave a respectful cheer as the took Langkow off the ice with his teammates surrounding him. Reports would later come in that Langkow has full movement of all body parts, and full feeling as well. He is being held at a local hospital for observation over night, all of which is excellent news. The injury is actually believed to be caused by his head hitting on the ice, and not from being hit with the puck.

Shortly, and I mean shortly, after Langkow was safely off the ice, Ian White finished what he had started and scored a goal to pull the Flames back within one. The game was physical and there were some scrums in front of the night, but there would be no fights on this night. Instead, Kobasew added a second goal and the Wild were back on top by two.

In the third period, the Wild started to slip into their now standard role of dog ready to be kicked, but something must have pulled them out of it, because BTE (Latendresse) tried to put Mayers through the penalty box door, actually damaging the door to the point that the game had to be delayed.

The Flames added a goal in the early third, and pulled Kipper with 1:15 left, but the Wild help on for dear life and pulled out the win against a team they have traditionally struggled against and who is fighting for their playoff lives.

All-in-all it was a solid outing. I chalk it up to the fact that Nathan was busy watching the movie 2012, rather than the game. He seems to be bad luck.

1. Chuck Kobasew - (2G, +2, 3 SOG in 14:40 TOI)

3. BTE (1G, physical play, 15:50 TOI)

Five Six Questions to Answer:

5. Looks like Backstrom in net after missing a handful of games. Does he play well, or will he be rusty? Backs was the back-up today, so this one is mute.

Bonus Buddha Question: