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Fiala Shines, Dumba Ends Goal Drought, and Wild win 3-2.

By Jonathan Brill

SAINT PAUL, MN - FEBRUARY 4: Matt Dumba #24 of the Minnesota Wild scores the game winning goal in overtime against Corey Crawford #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks at the Xcel Energy Center on February 4, 2020 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
SAINT PAUL, MN - FEBRUARY 4: Matt Dumba #24 of the Minnesota Wild scores the game winning goal in overtime against Corey Crawford #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks at the Xcel Energy Center on February 4, 2020 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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SAINT PAUL, MN – FEBRUARY 4: Matt Dumba #24 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against the Chicago Blackhawks during the game at the Xcel Energy Center on February 4, 2020, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
SAINT PAUL, MN – FEBRUARY 4: Matt Dumba #24 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against the Chicago Blackhawks during the game at the Xcel Energy Center on February 4, 2020, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The overtime period started with Staal, Fiala, and Brodin on the back end. If you didn’t see enough from Fiala in the first three periods, do yourself a favor and watch this overtime frame. For the first minute and a half, Fiala just wheeled around the ice and made most of the Blackhawk players look like squirt B’s.

Unfortunately, the chances he had created weren’t converted. After Fiala went to the bench for a change, on came Matt Dumba, who hadn’t scored in 34 games. He hadn’t been playing terribly as of late, just couldn’t find the net.

The “monkey off the back” goals all seem to somewhat look the same. Was this a highlight reel snipe? No, but it didn’t have to be. Dumba went hard to the net, made a move and was rewarded with a fortunate bounce. This is exactly what this kid needed.

The Wild played a complete game, it was competitive and kept fans on the edge of their seat.  What more could you want on a Tuesday night in downtown St. Paul? I enjoy all victories, but for some reason the victories against the Blackhawks area always a little sweeter.

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