The Minnesota Wild had been in bit of a slump the last couple of games, one thing attributing to the slump was two stars of the team missing time with injuries including superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov, and defensemen Jared Spurgeon.
In their return to the ice last night, it was not a return both stars were thinking of.
The Wild were shutout at home 4-0 against the Utah Hockey Club. Despite each playing for more than 15 minutes on the ice, neither superstar had much of an impact on the game, Kaprizov only had 3 shots on goal, and Spurgeon with 0. The team in total had 26 shots on goal, and all were saved by Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka.
Filip Gustavsson had a long night in goal, allowing 4 goals on 29 shot attempts, marking his 4th straight loss and dropping his season record to 18-10-3.
The Wild have dropped 4 of their last 5, trying to get out of this slump, with the return of Kaprizov and Spurgeon, the slump should come to an end in due time. The Wild may need to start thinking about giving second Goalie, the ageless wonder Marc-Andre Fluery a couple tries to possibly get out of this slump and get back into the conversation of being a contender for the Stanley Cup.
Photo Credit: ESPN, The NHL, The Minnesota Wild
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