Postgame Hat Trick: Wild 3, Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 3-2 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Tuesday night:

1. Overtime was needed in the season's first meeting between the clubs. But even that wasn't enough this time around.
The Wild outshot Columbus 43-30 -- a season high for Minnesota -- through regulation and overtime, but goaltenders Devan Dubnyk and Sergei Bobrovsky (perhaps not surprisingly) were more than up to the task.
In the shootout, it was Minnesota getting goals from Chris Stewart (who else?) and Zach Parise, while getting one extra stop from Dubnyk to earn the bonus point.

2. The Wild got the puck past Bobrovsky three times in the second period, but only one of the apparent goals counted.
Jason Zucker's 20th goal of the season made the final score sheet and tied the score at 1 apiece (more on that below). Two others were disallowed.
In the final few minutes of the second, the Wild crashed the crease hard where Joel Eriksson Ek jammed the puck under Bobrovsky and over the goal line. The apparent scoring play was immediately waved off, however, and wasn't reviewed by the folks in Toronto.
Then in the dying moments of the period, Minnesota entered the zone with numbers, led by Tyler Ennis down the right-wing wall.

With time ticking down, Ennis snapped off a wrister from the top of the right circle that Bobrovsky got a piece of before the puck fluttered into the goal.
With zeroes on the clock, this one was reviewed. As it turned out, Bobrovsky's deflection was the only thing that prevented the goal from counting, as the puck was six inches outside the cage (and on it's way in) when 0.1 flipped to 0.0.
Instead of a three-goal second period, Minnesota had to settle for a single-goal frame and tied score headed to the final period.
3. Minnesota came out firing in the second period, tying the game on an early power-play goal.
Trailing by a goal after 20 minutes despite an 11-6 advantage on the shot chart, the Wild piled up the attempts quickly in period two. The puck possession and zone time resulted in a power play when David Savard snatched the stick out of Marcus Foligno's hands right in front of Bobrovsky.
The Wild poured it on during the power play, finally cashing in on Zucker's tally with 12 seconds remaining on the man advantage.

Zucker's goal came at 4:25 and on the Wild's 10th shot of the period.
Minnesota maintained that push through the middle part of the period and got to the intermission with a 31-17 advantage in shots. Unfortunately for the Wild, the score remained 1-1.
For Zucker, the goal was his 20th of the season and once again tied Eric Staal for the club lead.
Zucker and Staal have dueled for the top spot in this category virtually all season, but a dry spell for Zucker allowed Staal to jump out to a sizable lead. Zucker has heated back up of late, though, now having scored one goal in five of his past six games. He now has a seven-game point streak in all, establishing a new season high for him and tying his career best.
Related:
- Watch: Parise's shootout winner - Foligno brothers square off in Columbus - Watch: Dubnyk robs Panarin in overtime