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But it didn’t deter the Wild from playing its game. The Wild built a 3-0 lead by the 9:04 mark on goals by Suter, Setoguchi and Clutterbuck in a 4:48 span.

The second period was ugly though. Backstrom looked shaky, and Matt Duchene set up goals by P.A. Parenteau and Gabriel Landeskog to pull Colorado within one.

But Yeo called time and reminded the Wild that it was still ahead by one on the road. Only 1:39 later, Landeskog coughed up a puck in the slot and Bouchard snapped a 15-game drought with a filthy, top-shelf backhander.

“Magic man did his job,” Setoguchi, who has nine goals since Feb. 9, said of Bouchard. “He’s just one of those guys that has so much skill and so much talent, it’s nice to see him in the lineup. To contribute, it’s even better.”