Postgame Hat Trick: Jets 4, Wild 1

Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 4-1 loss against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 2 of a First Round Stanley Cup Playoff series at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg on Friday night:

1. Winnipeg held serve. Now can Minnesota?
The fact the Jets are ahead in the series isn't completely surprising. Winnipeg was the top home team in the League during the regular season and has now won a pair of games there to open the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
As the series shifts to St. Paul, it will be up to the Wild to do the same. Minnesota wasn't far behind in terms of home success this season -- third in the NHL in points on home ice -- and it will need to play better if it hopes to bring the series back to Bell MTS Place for Game 5 and beyond.
The Wild will get its first chance to play in front of a friendly crowd in Game 3 at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Xcel Energy Center.
2. Devan Dubnyk gave Minnesota a chance.
The Wild hasn't been able to earn a win in the series yet, but it hasn't been because of goaltending. Dubnyk made 39 saves in the game, including 13 of 14 in a helter-skelter second period that was played largely around his crease. Despite a 27-14 disadvantage on the shot chart through 40 minutes, the Wild was within one shot of tying it.
The Jets poured on the pressure in the third, as the Wild went without a shot on goal for the first 15:05 of the final frame. By then, it was 3-0 after goals by Paul Stastny and Andrew Copp, which came a from about a combined 10 feet from the goal.
Winnipeg added another one late on a deflected shot by Patrik Laine.
Minnesota would get one back on the power play, thanks to Zach Parise, but with only 45 seconds remaining in the game it couldn't launch a comeback.

3. For the second consecutive game, the Wild and Jets played a scoreless first period. There was a different tone and tenor to the one Friday, however.
While the two division rivals had a bit of a feeling-out period on Wednesday, the two clubs got right after it Friday. Minnesota's Marcus Foligno set the tone early with a big hit on Winnipeg's Dustin Byfuglien, while the Jets' Ben Chiarot answered in kind on Joel Eriksson Ek.
The Wild had the first five shots on goal and seemed able to generate more zone time early in Game 2, which was something coach Bruce Boudreau stressed before the game. Unfortunately for Minnesota, it couldn't maintain that success. Now it will try and find a way to replicate it in Game 3.
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