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Spoiler!

You Know the Rules, and so do I!

This is everything the boys have worked for this year. All that's left to do is snuff the flame. Lights out Calgary.

Am I doing the math right .... win and were in?

If we win tonight, even in OT, we're in.

Biggest game of the year right here. All the pieces are in play, gotta show up and play like you belong

Yes. We clinch with any win tonight

Calgary is a team with a couple of good defensemen, a good goalie, huberdeau and kadri, and after that just a bunch of folignos and trenins in their lineup. Which i like foligno a lot more than a lot of ppl but for the most part i think the game comes down to executing cleanly on zone exits and gus not having a rare bad game. If the teams get fairly similar chances the Wild should win bc they just have more talent.

I suspect this one will be extra game managementy considering what’s on the line for Calgary. Lucky for us, our PK has been looking pretty solid lately.
I’m guessing 2:1 ratio in penalties for Calgary unless it’s early domination for them.

By the way, Calgary plays SJ next, and then last two against Vegas and LA, both of which could be resting guys.

Pump up the Jam

I am so stupidly pumped about tonight!
I am dripped out, draped up, and am beginning to fuel myself with alcohol. Lock it in Wild, literally!

Haven't been this excited for a Wild game in a while. Lets gooooo!

ALRIGHT, LETS ####IN DO THIS!

I’m absolutely vibrating. Missed the last game, so nice to see my beautiful boys back

Wouldn’t Get This from any Other Guy

The guy that punched Fluery this year plays for Calgary right?

I think it was Anderson if I remember correctly yes

Of course Anderson skates extra close to Gus, sucker punched Flower and is just asking for it already

Andersen, Pospisil and Weeger are still on the #### list. I feel like I’m forgetting someone else

Andersson can seriously #### off

Early Tilt Factor

Flames playing with a lot of energy

The true indication that this game has a playoff feel is that we’re playing like ####

The Flames are playing heavy right now

Have we had any level of sustained offense for even 20-30 seconds?

They are playing faster and heavier then the Wild by a mile

This defense corps of ours feels really tiny today.

I'm gonna recommend the wild score a goal or two

I’m hoping the Flames are overskating and get tired. I don’t think they can keep this pace for 60 minutes

I’m hoping the Flames are overskating and get tired. I don’t think they can keep this pace for 60 minutes

I mean, a very highly motivated Calgary team is making that hard

This is going to be a scrappy game holy

The few times we get it deep in the o zone I see one dude in white surrounded by 4 dudes in red. Step it up guys

Feels like we’re against the ropes already

Gus with the paddle save of the year

Save of the year candidate for sure.. that was ####ing amazing

Backlund breaks the ice!

Oh come on #### off

Okay. We saw the pressure. We knew they were scoring tonight. We know we’re scoring tonight too.

They aren’t interested in clenching tonight I guess

What. The. ####.

Wow this defense is shockingly awful

Ooof. Can't give up that rebound in the playoffs

Was only a matter of time. Play with fire.....get burned.

Played with fire for way too long.

Flames are desperate.....us not so much. We should be, but aren't.

Calgary has the adrenaline advantage of playing for their season right now. We’re not in that desperation mode.

What an awful ####ing goal. Rossi shoving him into Gus probably had a hand in it going in

Biggest problem I have with it is Gus having Faber all alone right next to him and sending it straight to the forward in the corner for no reason. Unforced error

Please dont be a ####ty puck luck kind of night

How come calgary doesn’t immediately give up an equalizer like we do lol

Ugly period that we just got worked. Need to respond next period with a quick goal to stay in it

Honestly 1-0 is pretty good for that #### period

SharanGOALvich makes it 2

Saw that coming a mile away

Wow absolutely pathetic

WTF ARE WE DOING???

Gunna be one of those games I see.....####

And suddenly we’re dog#### again. Awesome

Beautiful tip. Can’t let them walk in like that.

We look like a team that is gonna be shut out.

This team is going to be absolutely embarrassed in the playoffs , holy ####

Holy f*** Bogo and Merrill, I literally hate both of you.

Naz on the PP!

"This feels like a must kill."

f***ing duh, Ryan. Last kill was a must kill. Lol

Would missing the playoffs be enough to go Hynes --> Carle?

Team doesn't care at all lol

This is an elimination game to the Flames, there’s just a lot more motivation for them in a situation like this.

I could accept that if we looked like we gave a damn.

Game is only half over and it literally feels like it should be the last 5 minutes right now.

Hot f***ing garbage.

Playoff intensity

If this is the Wild's version of 'playoff intensity', (which it likely is), they may win one game.

Doom and Gloom

What was that? Our 2nd shot on goal this period?

Everything on the line and this group of clowns ####s the bed. No business in the playoffs

IF the Wild score, it'll be a too little, too late garbage goal at the end of the game. The more likely result is a Dustin Wolf shutout.

Special teams is special.....

I got up 6AM friday morning and went to work. Now it is 5.30 saturday morning and this is what I got.
Not what I expected to be honest.
GET TO WORK, DUDES!

Evason was not a great Xs and Os guy, but he knew how to motivate his team. What a lifeless effort. Do you job, Hynes

Right now it just looks like the boys are flat and slow. No speed at all. I get it’s gonna be tight checking, but they need to find their legs

I apologize but I had to inject some levity to this abortion of a game. I'll never un-see this again but Faber's clone is Tears For Fears lead singer, Curt Smith. This revelation is the only thing keeping me partially sane tonight.

Ek trying to do anything to get our guys engaged.

DO SOMETHING!!!!!!

ANYTHING!!!!!!!

The LomboGhini

just need one to fall and hopefully we can take over

never mind yeah we're ####ed

We're gonna score next. Yessir. Positivity.
Edit-nope. Trash effort. Wow.

SON OF A ####ING BITCH

Stop! Stop! They're already dead!

im going to put my head through a window

lol goodnight all, I’m not losing sleep for this

Yep, that’s game. Glad we got one good game before ####ting the bed again

This team is about to make me throw my phone through the ####ing TV

There goes the momentum

Aight.... I'm out. Gnight yall

GG Flames. Completely outworked us all over the ice.

I look forward to the typical postgame quotes about how we need to be better. Can't wait for Zucc's leadership when he braves the big, bad reporters to tell us how they have to try harder.

I'm gonna go scoop cat litter. Chances are the crap in there is better organized.

Really embarrassing effort level

This is really ugly. Not a clutch bone in this teams body

This effort is the kind of thing that should result in a bag skate. Too bad we play tomorrow.

Another game where these ####s show up completely flat when it matters most

Death, Taxes, and Spurgy going down

NOT AGAIN I CANT DO THIS AGAIN

Dislocated shoulder for spurge? That was weird.. absolutely nothing happened in what they showed us

Gotta be kidding with this ####

Lmao this is so ####ing typical

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Ain’t a playoff run without a hurt spurgeon. Christ

Welp. We went 3 games without an injury.

Spurgeon has left the bench again.

I need him to stay healthy so Guerin can't use it as an excuse in the playoffs.

If....IF we make the playoffs.

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP

We’re playing like we’ve already secured a playoff spot

i know im probably overreacting and contributing to this subreddit's doomer mentality but it would be the most minnesota sports thing ever to fumble this playoff spot

West standings just got terribly interesting.

We just gotta always do it the hard way huh

You've shot yourself in the foot. But have you tried shooting yourself in both feet?

It was their game to win but they didn’t show up.

I think the Wild have lost the last 4 "Most important game of the season"s

Except for that 1 “most important game of the season” the other night.. oh and the other 1.

We’re 2-0 on Minnesota sports teams choking extremely important regular season games this year

Ya know at this point, with that effort, I’m not sure how much I care if they make the playoffs or not. Because if they play like that, against ####ing Calgary, they aren’t going anywhere anyway. What a terrible effort

I'm typically a glass half full kind of guy, but after this past month and a half... burn it all to the ground and fire everyone

On the bright side, if we miss the playoffs, I’ll save a lot of money.

Appreciation of Clarity

Blues fan coming in peace

Despite our battle for the WC positioning, we’re all rooting for you to beat Calgary in regulation tonight.

Ay yo Minny what the ####

God damn it Wild, why?

Minny pls

Current standings:

Wild: 43-29-7 93 pts in 79 games
Blues: 43-30-7 93 pts in 80 games
Flames: 37-27-14 88 pts in 78 games


If this game ends in a regulation win for the Flames, the standings would be:

Wild: 43-30-7 93 pts in 80 games (2 games left, max 4 pts)
Blues: 43-30-7 93 pts in 80 games (2 games left, max 4 pts)
Flames: 38-27-14 90 pts in 79 games (3 games left, max 6 pts)

My God...it's anyone's guess

why are they putting in fluery now? this games over.

Why burn both your goalies out when you play in another city tomorrow?

Screw it, I trust our boys to seize a playoff spot on their own. Go Flames

I think the Blues will win their last two and that Calgary will pass Minnesota for the 8th seed.

If I had to bet on which team is losing out on a spot, I think it is going to be Minnesota.

The mild living up to their name

The Wild play in Vancouver tomorrow. I can see them dropping both games. They look really bad. It is really a shame we did not get a point vs the Oilers, likely could have wrapped up a spot with a win tomorrow and thus rest players Tuesday.

Wild have the tiebreaker over us but we have it over the Flames.