[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020827)
###Boxscore
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|1|4|0|5|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|0|1|0|1|
###Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|31|12|17|51.5%|3|8|0/1|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|28|37|13|48.5%|6|7|1/2|
###Goal Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|07:07|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Nicolas Roy (10) Snap Shot, assists: Keegan Kolesar (7), Brett Howden (3)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/6b551048-ccc7-423f-887f-42e0466fe241.mp4)|
|2nd|02:41|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Alex Pietrangelo (7) Deflected, assists: none](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/95f1caf7-a114-4cec-946f-7220f098d200.mp4)|
|2nd|04:37|[](/r/wildhockey)|Power Play|[Kirill Kaprizov (29) Wrist Shot, assists: Joel Eriksson Ek (24), Matt Boldy (21)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/c09c328f-95b7-4c19-8b32-83e152df7ade.mp4)|
|2nd|10:47|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Paul Cotter (9) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (20), Jonathan Marchessault (18)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/98a3cb4f-e58f-4f46-87e7-c119cd580226.mp4)|
|2nd|12:53|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Reilly Smith (19) Snap Shot, assists: none](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/9081c907-5476-4602-a47c-74ca99423a76.mp4)|
|2nd|13:13|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Jack Eichel (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Marchessault (19), Zach Whitecloud (6)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/0439e4ae-6134-448d-b733-7b148bd1c2f9.mp4)|
###Penalty Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|2nd|04:24|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|Chandler Stephenson Holding against Mats Zuccarello|
|2nd|10:20|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|William Carrier Roughing against Brandon Duhaime|
|2nd|10:20|[](/r/wildhockey)|Minor|2|Ryan Reaves Roughing against Nicolas Hague|
|2nd|10:20|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|Nicolas Hague Roughing against Ryan Reaves|
|2nd|10:20|[](/r/wildhockey)|Minor|2|Jake Middleton Roughing against William Carrier|
|2nd|12:53|[](/r/wildhockey)|Penalty Shot|0|Alex Goligoski PS – Slash on breakaway against Reilly Smith|
|2nd|14:53|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|William Karlsson High-sticking against Ryan Hartman|
|3rd|06:00|[](/r/wildhockey)|Minor|2|Matt Boldy Holding against Nicolas Hague|
by HockeyMod
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I know we’re supposed to be bummed, and I really could give so much criticism, but why the fuck bother. So instead I’m going to let you in on my dumb little buzzed brain!
Anytime fucking pants said a particular players name, all I could think about is [Luigi calling for his brother in the original Luigi’s Mansion](https://youtu.be/4VJ1rNz7bG8), and I can’t even fucking handle it.
Yikes.
we really need a pgt after that?
Glad I didn’t re-up the full season Tix this year wow
The team is playing awful for sure but Gus is currently the #1 goalie; that has been established.
I’ve got nothing
Will still probably make the playoffs tho. Calgary and Nashville are worse lol
This team went from mediocre to downright awful
Can we still have a shot at Bedard lol
Just putting it out there that the wild are 0-3 since the rumors of the North Star colors being added to the full rotation.
Horrible game. Thankfully Avs and Flames lost too so we’re still in a playoff spot.
I just hope Guerin does something asap. You can’t be in a playoff spot after 51 games and do nothing.
Look, the important thing is Kap is still scoring. We just need to keep him primed up for when he wants out in a couple years, we’ll get the kings ransom for him (or he’ll just walk) and then we’ll be good in the 2030’s maybe.
Just kidding. This team has looked like ass lately through. Woof.
Find someone to take Greenway. move on from Steel too, and just bring up the entire Beckman Rossi Walker from Iowa. May as well try out Boldy centering the top line for the last 30 games too. Let’s turn our focus to the future
I’m usually pretty onboard with what Evason is doing, but when you’re forecheck is getting absolutely abused the entire second period and constantly giving up odd man rushes the other way, you have to change something.
It seems like when they fell down in the game that he really got over aggressive and lost control of this game. The team could execute better, but execution isn’t the reason that Vegas was breaking out constantly with no f3 high in the zone for the first two periods of the game.
What a waste of sleeping time. What I saw I didn’t like. Yes it was two lucky bounces and a 3 minutes blackout, but the Wild didn’t bother to show to the game. We need to change direction and we need to do that fast if we want the usual first round exit. One thing is a one game post ASG hangover, that should never happen, but three games? That is unheard and must stop immediately.
Is just like to say.. Audra Martin blue sweater.
That no look pass by Goose that led to a penalty shot is going to give me nightmares tonight
The more I thought about it during the game the more I’m frustrated by Billy, Dean, and kinda some of the players during the off-season touting how we were going to be just as good as last year and that the team wasn’t one player (losing Fiala). Which for the most part is true, you obviously need a full lineup to be a team but downplaying the loss is just so irritating. Billy couldn’t even give Fiala credit for what he did at the end. It’s smacking them hard in the face that losing him really does matter. Also idk if this makes sense but Billy saying losing Fiala’s 85 points doesn’t matter but that points like Hartman’s is more or just as important really feels like a double standard. It’s kinda baffling how he so confidently ran out there for multiple interviews and claimed we were going to be fine.
dean evason needs to be fucking coach and actually do something major, where the fuck is mason shaw, walker? speedy fuckers, not even rossi. walker is mature and can hold his own. they need something
Where are the Fleury-hater haters now?
Possibly the worst part of that game is every other team in the West crapping the bed leaving the Wild still sitting in a meaningless 8th wild card spot.
That or the other thing might be the worst part. The whole “team is shit” thing.
2026 is gonna be lit
[Recap: VGK @ MIN](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/publish/9263996/15028108/d7a9f787-68ff-440e-a28c-4be91c1e96b6.mp4)
Main thing that everyone is thinking.. switch every thing up.
Do anything at this point to get new looks on lines.. and to people who are resistant to line changes, you shut the fuck up.
I don’t fucking care if you think Ek is better on our “shut down line”.. or you think this or that center doesn’t fit well here or there.. try anything and everything at this point.. I mean fuck, trying putting Boldy at center with Kap and Zucc to see if something happens.
Just try different things.. because since January any and all chemistry has disappeared for every fucking line, so why would it hurt to try?
Honestly get the entire Iowa team on a bus, drive them up I-35. Bench everyone but Kaprizov, Zucc, and Erickson Ek and let the Iowa team fill in every other position
You know what? I see a lot of real stinkers in here.. and out there. Just a stinky fucking franchise right now. I could say that it’s not a big deal we’re not at our prime but we know that. I could say that there’s still 31 games to play but that’s for the commentary team to blather on about. I’m going to talk about the real shit.
Matt Dumba has cost this team so much. Never let anyone from the Wild front office manage your portfolio because these guys have no idea when to sell. Matt Dumba cost us Eric Haula, Alex Tuch. He costs us 6 million dollars per year. He has cost us.. I dunno, 160 delay of game penalty minutes. He provides at least 3 scoring chances for the opponents every game, and at least 1 goal is his fault every other game. Matt Dumba doesn’t need to be traded he needs to be fired. Just fire him. It’s not worth it. Cut your losses and fire this fucking dude. Everyone who’s said he sucked for the last 5 years, you were right. Fire him.
We can’t blame the refs anymore, at least, not entirely. Greenway, Dumba Steel, Addison… Goligoski?! These are not NHL caliber players. Evason putting Goligoski and Dumba together? Not mixing up the lines despite having nothing to lose? This is not NHL caliber coaching.
I’m sorry Dean but you had a closed door meeting and this is what came out of it. You’ve lost the room and frankly, I doubt you ever even had it. You lost me last playoffs with the way you treated Talbot and your stubborn lack of versatility with the lines. I don’t think your a good coach, you had a good team that carried you and now you don’t. You could hide last year but the team magic isn’t there but you’re like that kid that keeps repeating jokes. How many empty netters this year when you’ve pulled at 5 min? Zero Dean. Zero. But they’ve scored every time. Have you adapted? Not at all.
Guerin needs to dump Dumba and Greenway to try and salvage this season. Dean can stay for another year but there’s no way he’s sticking around after we get some spending money.
Fuck.
Welp, I *actually* left a hockey game early enough to beat traffic today. Never in my life did I think I’d get to that point *especially* as a STH. Oh well. Hopefully we can get our shit together. Flower wasn’t *great*, but my god someone help him (right now I’m REALLY looking at you Dumba…)
Sell sell sell.
Time for a closed CLOSED door meeting!
Connor bedard watch 👀
Connor Bedard, YOU are a Minnesota Wild