No Hedman, No Bishop, No Problem for the Wild

You get a point! And you get a point! And you get a point! Everybody gets a point!

The Wild would eventually transition in to lock-down mode and held the Lightning to only 19 shots on goal for the game.

Then in a late third period penalty kill, Marco Scandella cleared the puck past the Lightning defender and let Zucker go and get it. Zucker, who looked like he was shot out of a cannon, corralled the puck and lifted a back-hander for the 7^th goal of the night.

One negative on such an offense-filled game; the power play got one opportunity and was unable to score and mustered only one shot. The power play is now 0-for-20 for the season. Mike Yeo didn't really want to talk about the power play's ineptitude in his post-game presser. The penalty kill was able to kill all four power plays that the Lightning had, including 26 seconds being down two men.

Zucker, playing the 4^th line, leads the team with four goals. The Wild have out-scored their opponents 19-6 through 6 games. The Wild penalty kill now has more goals than the Wild power play.

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