Gone Puck Wild
Fansided

Minnesota Wild Win an Important Game against Montreal Canadiens

By Lake Martin

ST PAUL, MINNESOTA - OCTOBER 20: Brad Hunt #77 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates scoring a power play goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the third period of the game at Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Canadiens 4-3. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
ST PAUL, MINNESOTA - OCTOBER 20: Brad Hunt #77 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates scoring a power play goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the third period of the game at Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Canadiens 4-3. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
3 of 5
Next

Period Two

SAINT PAUL, MN – OCTOBER 20: Marcus Foligno #17 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the game at the Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
SAINT PAUL, MN – OCTOBER 20: Marcus Foligno #17 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the game at the Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The Wild wouldn’t score on the remaining time of their one-man advantage, and then Matt Dumba would take an interference penalty.

Devan Dubnyk would make a save on a shot that produced a huge rebound. Tomas Tatar buried it.

Alright, it’s a tie game. Not great, but it was with the man advanta-

Montreal scored sixteen seconds later. Ryan Hartman would turn the puck over in his zone, Phillip Danault would tuck it into the net.*

All the momentum is gone. The Wild are doomed. They’ve given up the lead. Keith Kinkaid makes THIS save.*

Eric Staal had a wide-open net that a Canadiens defender just barely gets a stick on the shot and blocks it.

But the Wild hold the zone. They trapped the Canadiens.

Then with fifteen seconds left in the period, it happened.

The Moose got Loose.

https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1186050312441860098

Tied going into the last twenty minutes. Might have been the most tension-filled hockey of the season. If the Wild complete the comeback and win, could this be the jumpstart the team needed? If the Wild can’t finish and fall to the Canadiens, the player’s meeting was all for naught, the seat under Bruce might get a bit warmer, and more players hit the trade block.

Here we go.

*MTL 2nd game in as many days*

Home/Wild News