The Wild will attempt to snap a five-game losing streak tonight against the Los Angeles Kings, who have won two Cups in the past four years and are back on top of the Pacific after a down year last season.
They are 9-2-1 in their past 12 and the Wild has lost five of its past eight in L.A., including in overtime in October.
Birthday boy Jonathan Quick vs. Darcy Kuemper tonight.
This is the completion of four sets of back-to-backs for the Wild this month. The Wild lost the previous second game in that scenario. It really hasn't been legs by any stretch though. It's just been the same symptom of no scoring.
No goals in Nashville, one goal against the Devils at home, one goal at Florida.
The Wild has scored four goals during this five-game losing streak despite outshooting the past four teams and has 30 goals in the past 16 games (1.63 a game if you exclude the four empty-netters because I'm that kind of guy).
Even through last season's late December and January turmoil, the Wild hasn't lost six in a row in regulation since Dec. 19-31, 2013.
"Couple weeks ago, we were one of the better teams in the league," coach Mike Yeo said during this morning's optional skate at the Staples Center. "We haven't forgotten that. We haven't forgotten how to do it. We haven't all of a sudden become a bad team. We're a good team that's just in a bad spell.