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Winnipeg vs. DallasLast week we had the Wild as a team on the rise, but left it as an open-ended question because, while they had been winning games recently, it followed a horrid stretch. Today, we’re back questioning just what the heck this Wild team is all about.
One point out of a wild-card spot held by Arizona, Minnesota hosts Dallas Thursday, a team with a game in hand but that sits just three points ahead in the first wild-card position. The issue is that the Wild have been awful at home recently, and very far off the success they had at Xcel Energy Center in 2017-18.
Minnesota is 1-5-3 in its past nine home games and hasn’t won a regulation game in front of its own fans since Jan. 19. Just last year, the Wild went 27-6-8 at Xcel, but this season they’ve been far better on the road. Making matters worse is that their power play has been shutout six games in a row, and has gone 0-for its past 18 opportunities.
The Wild sold at the trade deadline, followed it with wins against Winnipeg, Calgary, a couple of extra-time losses against Nashville, and then became the first team to earn a shutout regulation win against Tampa Bay this year. But in their past two games they’ve been outscored 9-2 in losses to Florida and San Jose. Consistency has been lacking all year for the Wild, which makes it hard to get a handle on just what this team is.
Injuries have also been a factor of late and there was, for a brief moment, seemingly good news on that front as Matt Dumba was seen skating this week. He’s been out since mid-December and was the league’s highest-scoring defenceman with 12 goals when he went down. He’s still top 10 in goals at the position despite all the missed time, so a return would be huge for Minnesota, but still not on the radar. Although he skated, coach Bruce Boudreau said Dumba was “just bored.
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