High Hopes Crushed After Blues Eliminate Wild
It's going to be a rough night for Wild fans after such high hopes this season.
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It's going to be a rough night for Wild fans after such high hopes this season.
Magnus Paajarvi scored at the 9:42 mark in overtime, giving the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over Minnesota on Saturday in Game 5 of their playoff series, eliminating the Wild.
Minnesota Wild center Eric Staal has left Game 5 of the playoff series against St. Louis following a head-first crash into the boards.
Charlie Coyle scored first in Game Four of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Minnesota Wild; a coveted goal that has spoken volumes in this series.
If there's one thing we heard time and time again after the first three Minnesota Wild playoff losses, it was that they felt they were playing really well – but they just couldn't score.
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves, Charlie Coyle scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination.
The Minnesota Wild are in a stunning predicament after a season of franchise records and most points in a regular season.
The Minnesota Wild have yet to lead for one second in this opening round series with the Blues.
It wasn't supposed to be like this in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Minnesota Wild.
Boudreau is well aware of his reputation -- do well in the regular season, falter in the postseason. He's also well aware that at this juncture there's not a whole lot he can do about it, except keep trying hard.
The Minnesota Wild, who had a 12-game winning streak this season, are down 0-3 to the surprising St. Louis Blues while Cup favorites Chicago and Washington have been plunged into challenging first-round series of their own.
Former NHL coach Barry Melrose had a saying during the Stanley Cup Playoffs that goes, "This time of year your best players have to be your best players."
The Minnesota Wild are facing elimination in the NHL Playoffs after losing Game 3 at St. Louis 3-1 on Sunday.
Jared Spurgeon is experienced enough in the postseason to know it's different this time of year.
After losing Game One to the St. Louis Blues, the belief was that if the Minnesota Wild plays like they did on Wednesday, they'll win this series in six games.
