In overtime, a shot by Colorado's J.T. Compher was blocked. The rebound came to Nichushkin, and he passed it through the slot to Burakovsky, who buried the puck into the open side of the net to win it
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The Minnesota Wild have been a franchise for more than two decades. And no matter who the face of the franchise has been, he historically hasn't had a lot of help in the postseason.
From a terrible night on special teams to a sterling playoff debut by St. Louis goalie Ville Husso, nothing went right for the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of a best-of-7 NHL Western Conference first-round playoff series on Monday at Xcel Energy Center.