While the practice competition is fast-paced and shooters are coming once every few seconds, a game situation gives him a minute or so to rest and prepare between shooters.
"It's not bad, they're just one-offs," Dubnyk said. "I've never been in one that long, but it happens sometimes."
In terms of preparation, Dubnyk does some work with goalie coach Bob Mason ahead of a start, getting a general idea of what the first couple shooters may do.
Some of that is guess work, as Dubnyk obviously doesn't know for certain which shooters he will be facing.
But in a shootout that goes 11 rounds, where defensemen and bottom-six forwards become involved, Dubnyk said he relies more on his own technique at that point. Occasionally, he'll think back to a game he's watched and seen a move a guy may have used previously.
"I think everybody is different," Dubnyk said. "I try not to think too much about what they're going to do. I'm a big guy, and if I can get the proper gap and the proper speed moving back, really I should be able to close up a lot of shots. Then at that point, it's up to me to just be patient and move one way or the other, I don't need to be guessing too much about what he's going to do."
The Wild -- now 3-2 in shootouts this season and 67-61 since the league adopted the extra extra session in 2005-06 -- shot first and trailed after the first round when Mikko Koivu shot wide and Ryan Getzlaf scored. It had one chance to win, after Zach Parise scored in round three and Dubnyk made the stop, extending the shootout.