Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles Kings: Game Recap

The Minnesota Wild couldn't take advantage of their fantastic play during the last two games of 2009 to give themselves a franchise record number of wins in a month. Instead, they'll have to settle for a franchise record number of wins in December and a month in which they find themselves back in the playoff hunt.

With a blue moon on New Year's Eve, the Wild found themselves on the wrong end of a team looking for revenge. The Kings came out with both barrels tonight, and after the first period, they were down 3-0 and outshot 14-6. The Kings found the mismatch they liked and exploited it all night. The line of Cal Clutterbuck, Owen Nolan and Eric Belanger were brutalized by the Kings tonight. Clutterbuck and Belanger were on the ice for four LA goals and Nolan on the ice for three. Inface, the first four goals of the game (all by Los Angeles) were scored with that line on the ice. I guess the Kings were looking to stick a knife in Belanger's back after his two goal performance bet the Kings two games ago.

This was an all around rough night for the Wild, and we're going to forget it even happened and put 2009 in the books.

If you have comments, please share them below. I'm going to take a pass. It wasn't a pretty game, and we're looking for 2010 to be filled with positivity!