In its 20 years as a franchise, the Wild have been in more than its fair share of games like the first 40 minutes of its game against the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night.
Scoreless through two periods, the goaltending was outstanding, but Minnesota just couldn't find an offensive spark or two to support its stellar work in the defensive zone.
Sounds familiar right?
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