Lots of positives to take away from this one.
Sharangovich continuing to round into form and gaining confidence. Not just offensively, but he is strong on the forecheck and skating back fast to cover up defensively. He also led all players in PK time tonight which shows a lot of trust from the coaches.
Pospisil finally converting one. He has been around it a lot lately and working hard. He has also been keeping the bad penalties down (knocks on wood).
Vladar didn't close the door like how Wolf has been lately, and a 0.870 S% doesn't look great on paper, he still made some great saves at key times. Eye test, he looked fine IMO. It's too bad that the Wild didn't fire a few more muffins at him so at least the stats would have matched with the eye test.
Being able to consistently count on the 4th line has been a big plus so far this season.
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