The Wild wrap up the regular season tonight when they play host to the Colorado Avalanche.
Marc-Andre Fleury gets the Wild net tonight with the tram needing just one point to secure home ice in the first round matchup with St Louis. Thanks to last night's thrilling 3-2 OT victory over Calgary the Wild are in position to take care of their own business, regardless of what the Blues do in their finale at hoke against Vegas.
Colorado has nothing to play for after Florida locked up the Presidents Trophy last night and all indications point to some of their players being rested tonight. We will of course wait and see who is and who is not in their lineup, but either way there are 60 minutes of Hockey to be played and the Wild need to play their game.
Matt Dumba and Jared Spurgeon are going to be back in the Wild lineup tonight but Mats Zuccarello will remain sidelined and the hope is that he will be ready for game 1 next week. That is absolutely not certain at this point.
Mission is simple win tonight and start the playoffs at home.
This Wild team is playoff ready, and Tuesday's clunker is firmly in the rear view mirror, but not forgotten completely. It is there reminding the boys in the room that nothing is guaranteed in the NHL.
It's always Hockey Day in The State of Hockey!