In St Paul, Jordan Greenway‘s late third period goal was the difference for the Minnesota Wild, in a 3-2 win over the visiting Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.
“It seems like when we win, it’s not a runaway win,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. “So we have to learn how to play those type of games. I think at the beginning of the year, we didn’t know them at all. You could go to games that in the third period they’d rattle off two or three goals. But hopefully we’re getting better at it and gaining experience at it. Maybe it comes with the lines staying fairly the same for a while. We’ll see.”
Zach Parise and Kevin Fiala also scored for the Wild.
“You try to tell yourself to keep working at it and keep doing the right things and it’ll pay off,” Parise said. “And fortunately, tonight it did. Most importantly we were able to hang on and win the game. That’s big for us right now.”
Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves in the win.
“The chemistry’s getting better and better,” Fiala said. “Confidence is high right now, so I just have to keep it going.”
Conor Garland and Lawson Crouse scored for the Coyotes.
“I don’t know if some of the guys were tired and we’re making mental mistakes,” Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. “I do like the response after the first period. The first period they were all over us, it wasn’t good.”
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Antti Raanta made 31 saves in the loss.
“Look at their goals,” Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski said. “… There’s such small margin for error. We made too many of them tonight. We probably didn’t deserve to win the game.”
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