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Minnesota Wild: Lost Game to Tyler Bozak in Less Than 30 Seconds

ByCody Defoe|
ST. LOUIS, MO - NOVEMBER 25: Jaden Schwartz #17 of the St. Louis Blues takes a shot as Matt Dumba #24 of the Minnesota Wild defends at Scottrade Center on November 25, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - NOVEMBER 25: Jaden Schwartz #17 of the St. Louis Blues takes a shot as Matt Dumba #24 of the Minnesota Wild defends at Scottrade Center on November 25, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images)
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ST. PAUL, MN – OCTOBER 20: Tyler Bozak #42 of the Toronto Maple Leafs handles the puck with Jonas Brodin #25 of the Minnesota Wild defending during the game on October 20, 2016 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)

St. Louis Blues Tyler Bozak

There is nobody else in the St.Louis Blues locker room that could have possibly earned the honorary mention for this game, other than forward Tyler Bozak.

With the Blues failing to put a puck in the net for nearly 50 minutes of hockey, Bozak took over the game over the course of 1 extended shift with less than 5 minutes to play.

First, it was a rebound left laying the in the slot that wasn’t cleared by the Minnesota Wild. Bozak picked it up and slipped it into the Minnesota net for a tie game.

Less than 30 seconds later, Bozak was gifted another one with the puck bouncing around freely in front of the Minnesota net. He buried it to give the Blues a 3-2 lead on the eventual game winning goal.

Bozak is an offseason addition to the St.Louis Blues, and should be a good one if he can keep up performances like this. He signed a deal to come to St.Louis after 9 mediocre seasons in Toronto.

This is one of those additions that Minnesota Wild fans may have overlooked during the offseason, with key additions like David Perron and Ryan O’Reilly stealing more of the big headlines.

At one point in the pre- Auston Matthews era Maple Leafs, Bozak was touted as a potential first line center. In recent years he found himself falling down the Toronto depth chart, but he should find himself in a strong scoring position among a stacked Blues roster.

Bozak is no stranger to late game heroics. Twice in his NHL career he has scored hat tricks in the 3rd period alone. The Wild got burnt in this one, but trust that this team will have a gameplan for the former Maple Leaf the next time these 2 teams meet.

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