Minnesota Wild Vs. Edmonton Oilers: Game Recap

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I'm gonna have to make this short and sweet, I'm on campus right now, after midnight, and security already came by.

The Wild started things out with a bang, scoring two goals in the first 3:25 of the game. Of course, when I found a working feed 5 minutes in, the Wild started the march to the penalty box. That's right, I miss the first 5 minutes, and they score twice. Just another sign. The Wild spent way too much time on the PK, but if there's a team they could allow themselves to do so, it was this Oilers team, who were working on a franchise record by going through 33987 games without a powerplay goal.  After the two goals, the Wild had very few quality chances, so it was all Khudobin and the PK for most of the game.

So the Wild scored 8 goals, allowed 1 in the last 2 games, but scored 2 , allowed 9 in the previous two. I wish the Wild would quit playing with the collective heart of the Wild fanbase. It's things like this that make the Wild too good for a top pick and not good enough for a playoff spot. It hurts so bad to be a Wild fan sometimes. Anyhoo, I enjoyed this game, as I'm sure many others did, but I enjoyed it because my curse is broken and I witnessed my first Wild win in a month. Hurrah!

Bryan's take:

I got to see the final two minutes of this game. However, from what I read on Twitter and from the FSN post game, this was a hell of a game by the Wild. A nearly perfect PK, a PP goal, a Gordie Howe hat trick from Brent Burns, and Borat lost his stick and spun in circles. Everything you need to have a Minnesota Wild hockey game.

The biggest problem with the fight is that it cost the team a second consecutive shutout. Hopefully Bitzy is buying tonight, tomorrow, the next day... Stupid penalty in a game that is on lock down. Simply stupid. Wasn't even a good fight from the replay. Weak.

Hockey Wilderness Three Stars:

1. Anton Khudobin, A.K.A. The Dreidel, A.K.A. Borat, A.K.A. Khudini, A.K.A Dobby the house elf  (Shutout streak ended at 141:31 I think, 31 saves)
2. Brent Burns (Gordie Howe hat trick, great defensively)
3. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Goal, assist)

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