Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche: Game 67

Ten out of 16. That is the number of the day. Win ten out of sixteen, just for a chance to make the playoffs. Two five game winning streaks with a loss in between? Four three game winning streaks? It is certainly still possible, but it needs to start now, not in a week.

Clayton Stoner is a game time decision, and if he can't go, we get Kobe back. 

Now challenging the Oilers for the worst team in the West, the Avs are not a happy organization. They have little left to lose, so they will also be a dangerous opponent. When you have nothing left, nothing is stopping you from playing your heart out every shift. Full bore beginning to end. That has to be the expectation coming in tonight.

If the Wild come out soft like the past three or four games, the Avs will capitalize, and the Wild will be playing from behind. Again. The Wild need wins, and they need some confidence. A big win, from start to finish, some domination. To look like a playoff team.

Five Questions:

A recent suggestion was to separate the game preview from the game thread as two separate posts. The lineups and five questions as your game thread, the game preview potentially available earlier in the day. We leave it to you, Wilderness.