Minnesota Wild vs. Detroit Red Wings: Game Recap

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Can this dramatic victory give the Wild any momentum for future games? It was against a mighty opponent, but they still have only 1 regulation win out of 5, so they need to figure out a way to score much more then their foes. We saw some life out of Koivu, which will hopefully break whatever lock there was on his skills and maybe the first line can get the job done. While the points were flat-out stolen and pretty much undeserved, you can't help but feel good about the two points. I sure as hell had a hard time not scaring the crap out of my 5 month-old nephew when trying to contain my joy!

Some fun facts:

Josh Harding and the Wild are 2-0-1 against the Red Wings this season. You read that correctly.

Speaking of Harding, his season numbers, which are identical to those against the Red Wings, are now 2-0-1, with a mental 0.965 SV% and a 1.30 GAA. Wow. He saved 110 out of 114 shots in only 3 games.

That was the Wild's 9th one-goal game out of 11 games played. They are 4-2-3 in those games.

Dany Heatley saw his 4 game point streak vanished and was held shot-less in his 21:48 TOI. Heatley, shot-less? That must not have happened too often. Ever. Nor must it ever happen again.

Mikko Koivu broke a 19-game goal-less streak. He's now tied with Devin Setoguchi and Dany Heatley for the team lead in points with 7.