Wild Snap 4-Game Losing Skid, Win Over Blackhawks – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild

Things were getting too dicey there. The Minnesota Wild were starting to solidify themselves as a team reaching beyond the point that past renditions of this team have not reached. With an MVP candidate in the lineup, solid defense, and role players everywhere, they appeared to be more real than not.

Well, and then unfortunately they lost four consecutive games and two of them were absolutely embarrassing losses to the Winnipeg Jets and Florida Panthers. Two other good teams, albeit, but the timing was not great. But thankfully, the NHL’s schedule makers decided to hand Minnesota a bone and right before the holiday break, they hosted the Chicago Blackhawks.

And it would not be a game where the Wild were expected to leave with two points, without the other team making a game out of it. The Blackhawks scored first, and went back-and-forth until a 2-2 score heading into the third period. Fortunately Brock Faber killed Chicago’s hopes and dreams with his fourth goal of the season — Foligno scored an empty-netter and then the Blackhawks scored a very late goal just to make the score line look not terrible.

It was a gift but still, the Wild made it look more difficult that it probably needed to be. Now, they eat, drink, and be merry until they travel down to Dallas to face the Stars on Friday.

Off the trail…

• Patrik Laine is now beloved in Montreal, but now he’s going to get some hate from Columbus. He opened up about his time with the Blue Jackets and how he was “tired from losing.” [Sportsnet]
• And, to make it even more spicy, Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski fired back at Laine. [Sportsnet]
• The top players and teams to watch at the 2025 World Juniors. [ESPN]

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