Wild fall to Coyotes in overtime but extend points streak to 13 games
It wasn't the prettiest game inside Mullet Arena in Arizona but the Minnesota Wild left with another point in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Coyotes Sunday night.
Mats Zuccarello, Connor Dewar, Ryan Reaves and Matt Boldy scored goals for Minnesota, who were playing their second game in as many nights without Kirill Kaprizov, who is out 3-4 weeks with a lower-body injury.
The Wild are 10-0-3 in their last 13 games, tying the franchise record points streak to 13 games. The only other Wild team to record at least one point in 13 consecutive games was the 2015-16 team.
With 84 points, Minnesota is one point behind Dallas for the lead in the Central Division and just four points behind Vegas for the best mark in the Western Conference.
"We were loose [defensively]. We've got to dial it back in a little bit," Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. "Regardless of how well we think we played defensively, we still gave up too many goals. It's awesome that we're scoring some goals, but we got to keep it out of the net."
Another concern, however, is for Marcus Foligno. The Wild winger left the game at 8:47 of the first period and did not return. Evason did not have an update on his status after the game.
The Wild are off Monday and Tuesday, play at St. Louis Wednesday and then get Thursday-Friday off before hosting the NHL-leading Boston Bruins on Saturday.
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