Those two games in an 11-day stretch? The Wild will wind up with zero points in the standings after dropping its second in a row this afternoon by a 1-0 score at Colorado.
The Wild flew home after the game and will practice Sunday, Monday and Wednesday before hitting the road for three games in four night at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Ottawa.
Today, the Wild played a hard-fought game with lots of chances, but it just couldn't break the goal-line plane in its first blanking of the season in an arena that's typically kind to them.
Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog scored a power-play goal with 9:37 left in regulation after Christoph Bertschy took his second minor in two games, this one a holding the stick penalty on Jarome Iginla.
After the Wild killed three Colorado power plays, including a 5-on-3 for 1:43 in the second period, Landeskog skated up the gut of the slot and buried Matt Duchene's pass.
With 51.5 seconds left, the Wild thought it scored the tying goal when Jared Spurgeon's attempt shot deflected in the slot and ricocheted right to Charlie Coyle near the side of the net. He slam-dunked it into an open net, but referee Graham Skilliter instantly wiped it out. He ruled incidental contact on Eric Staal, whom the ref said impeded Calvin Pickard's ability to make the save.
Because it happened in the final minute, Toronto implements the coach's challenge and Skilliter got to take a second look. He agreed with his initial ruling and the Wild fell 1-zip.
Staal didn't like the call.