Wild, 1 vs. Flyers, 3

It was ultimately the powerplay that lead to the Wild's demise in tonight's game against the Flyers. The Wild went 0 for 8 on the powerplay on the night, while the Flyers capitalized on their only powerplay of the night as Mike Knuble scored the game winning goal while Craig Weller was in the penalty box. After the Wild were unable to score or generate anything on the 5 on 3 in the second and were 0 for 5 on the powerplay, all I could think of was Montreal. I give a lot of credit to the Flyers' penalty killers who not only shut the Wild down on the powerplay, but they also generated offense while shorthanded (though I shouldn't have been surprised, they have 13 shorthanded goals on the year, compare that to the Wild's two).

Game Notes:
• Stephane Veilleux scored the lone goal of the night for the Wild when an apparent icing was waved off.
• Martin Skoula was out of the game tonight because he was sick (so something apparently is going around in the Wild's locker room); players will be getting their own rooms while in Columbus.
• Stephane Veilleux (illness) and Eric Reitz (healthy scratch) returned to the lineup while Derek Boogaard is still out with an 'upper body' injury, which left Colton Gillies as the lone healthy
scratch.
• Niklas Backstrom shutout streak ends at 149 minutes and 9 seconds, setting a new career high for him.
• Gosh...if an opponent gives you six consecutive powerplay opportunities you need to make them pay for going to the box...UGHHH!!

UP NEXT: Saturday @ Columbus, 6:00pm CT (Game 41 and officially the halfway mark for the Wild)