Wild show the heart of a champion in crucial Game 4 comeback win
Throughout their franchise's history, the Minnesota Wild have been plagued by the fact that they haven't been able to get it done in the playoffs. While a crucial Game 4 win doesn't change that statement, it could be the start.
Wild show the heart of a champion in crucial Game 4 comeback win originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Halfway through the third period, it looked as though the Minnesota Wild were about to leave Grand Casino Arena trailing three games to one in their best-of-seven series against the Dallas Stars .
And they would have had nobody to blame but themselves. There were missed chances on open nets, squandered opportunities around the crease, and two costly penalties that both ended with Dallas power-play goals. Every mistake felt magnified.
Every lapse was punished. It was the hockey equivalent of a championship fight in the late rounds—one side running low on energy, the other somehow finding another burst and continuing to land clean shots. We were prepared to write about how Minnesota had played itself into a corner.
Instead of being tied in the series—or perhaps even leading it—the Wild appeared destined to stare elimination directly in the face. Then, with 5:20 remaining in regulation, everything changed. Marcus Foligno dragged Minnesota even at 2-2, gathering his own rebound while tumbling over Jake Oettinger near the left post and somehow backhanding the puck into the net.
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