Wilderness Walk: sad, but less crushingly so edition

I'm coming down with a cold and I don't think I have the emotional energy to be devastated about hockey right now? They were not good, but that game was a lot more of what I expected than the first one. It was watchable, and occasionally entertaining. Marco Scandella scored a goal, and the Wild posted a dreamy picture of his beard on Instagram, so that's like, two whole things this team has brought into my life that have not been pain. Wow. That's better than Thursday anyway. I'll take it.

Wild News

Friend and foe: Wild Mikko Koivu, Stars Kari Lehtonen I love stories about people being friends. Friendship is important.

Torchetti shakes up Wild lines, but Granlund can't convert - StarTribune.com I liked Granlund's game. He did things.

Brian Murphy: Stars’ dominance over Wild is no conspiracy – Twin Cities No, it is just sad.

Wild bounced in Dallas again, trail Stars 2-0 in series – Twin Cities

Agitation, aggravation from Wild after Game 2 - StarTribune.com

Off the Trail

Goligoski grateful for early postseason taste - StarTribune.com

AHL game features 248 PIMs; coaches ejected for fighting (Video) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports Epic.

Steve Mason allows unbelievable goal from center ice (Video) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports This is really bad.

Rangers use 2nd-period outburst to pull even with Penguins | theScore.com

Also the Sharks beat the Kings again, but that just happened, and I am too tired to find a link to a thing about it. You'll just have to trust me that it happened.