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@SparkleTindi @evanrawal Couldn't agree more as a Wild fan. Wild getting away with a few for sure. The complaining about crosschecks that knock guys clear off their feet is just silly. Refs owe ya one or two for sure.

@evanrawal Tbh I'm less annoyed by what they call on the Avs, which has honestly been pretty good, and more about what they've NOT called on the Wild. I don't think shoving Blackwood into his own net is legal, in fact!

I get why Kelly is mad, but he did cross-check him. And there wasn't really a need to. He was in position. Avs back to the PK. Playing with a fire in a period they've carried the play.

@matt_sturd44009 @evanrawal Have you ever taken a crosscheck in the back by an NHL player? This is just a silly response to that crosscheck. Kaprizov never fully recovered from 2 years ago playoffs taking crosschecks in the back from Ryan Suter. Broke his ribs.

@evanrawal Brother its like watching an NBA game with all the flopping.

@PatLovesSports @glader564 @evanrawal They definitely are trying to be physical and walking that line. Because Avs are faster and more skilled.

@glader564 @BabyVanAlst @evanrawal and crying to the refs

MacKinnon takes a puck to the face but the Avs are confused as to why the original dump-in wasn't called icing.

@PatLovesSports @real_xclarity @evanrawal Some people from every fanbase do. But not most of it. Don't over generalize. I'm a wild fan and I love Mackinnon. Just a gem. Hope he's okay and we come back and beat you guys in the 3rd!

@BabyVanAlst @real_xclarity @evanrawal not every fan base boo’s a guy with blood gushing out of his nose #fact

@glader564 @PatLovesSports @evanrawal I'm a wild fan. This is a crazy series. I love Mackinnon. Not only is he just a gem of a player but seems like a class act. Hope he's ok and back for 3rd and Wild get their shit together and win!

@PatLovesSports @evanrawal It’s a scumbag organization all around

@real_xclarity @PatLovesSports @evanrawal Every fanbase has no class toward opponents. This is sports.

@PatLovesSports @evanrawal Cuz they have no class

@LaVelleNeal Genius

Didn't know fear was an illness. Learn something new every day...

@billygburner @RussoHockey "Between top of head a bottom of feet, from 1 day to career ending" - hockey injury report

@RussoHockey MN Wild and their perpetual “day to day” injuries that last weeks…

Eriksson Ek not playing tonight. Just “touch and go” with him right now. Same #mnwild lineup

@evanrawal Wild/dallas series took everything out of Wild, then right into Avs series with little rest and everyone beat up. 3 days rest was just what the doctor ordered. But even so, Avs still a better team top to bottom. Won't bring this low effort again.

The Avalanche drop their first game of the postseason. Wild came out hitting everything and carried that momentum through to the end. Specials teams mattered again. Avs hold the series lead 2-1.

@StateOfHoppy Case in point - getting that short angle shot off after winning board battle

@StateOfHoppy He is a man possessed

To everyone that asked why Kaprizov was being criticized while leading the team in points, tonight is the “why”

@AnthonyLaPanta But anthony he's been nowhere to be found all playoffs!

Three points so far for Kaprizov 1G 2A - now leads all playoff scorers with 14 points and second only to Brock Faber at +10

@evanrawal This is a curious tweet. Both teams have landed some really vicious hits - boarding/crosschecks - that haven't been called. Couple bad calls both ways as well, including the mackinnon check, which was weak-ish.

For all the talk from the Wild after last game saying the Avs were throwing their heads back, we're certainly seeing them do that a lot this evening.

@joshuas430 @evanrawal Suter broke his ribs right in that spot 2 years ago in the playoffs. Players know to xcheck him there, he's never fully recovered.

@evanrawal Kaprizov looked like he took a shotgun blast to the side lmao

@jrborman13 And TSJ is +18

Wolves at halftime Ant --> 19 PTS on 7-13 FG, 2-4 3PT, Everyone else → 10-36 FG (27.8%), 4-16 (25%)

@BradenParr @spittinchiclets Boldy was not "defenseless" or "unaware" of the incoming check. Contact was not in the back, it was shoulder to shoulder. Rule book definition says this was a legal check. I'm a Wild fan.

@spittinchiclets Wild better take MacKinnon out of the series in G3

MacKinnon CRUMPLED Boldy 😳

@jaredbook This tweet was during the first period, 7 hours ago, right?

It doesn't have to be doom and gloom. They can win tonight and it's a brand new series. But they have to win tonight.

I don't think I'm exaggerating too much when I say this is the most important playoff game in Victoire history. Currently 1-7 in playoff games, 1-4 at home. Lose this and you go to Minnesota down 0-2 Expansion looming, core is not getting younger. Could be franchise-defining

@BoharMr @RussoHockey @JoeSmithNHL I think I understand what you're saying. And there is no way either of them sit if they can't go. No chance. So if they're hurt but not injured, they're in.

@RussoHockey @JoeSmithNHL I mean… when does the conversation come into play of hurt vs. injured? I get they have to win 4 games to advance but being down both would almost certainly put us in a 2-0 deficit

Brodin will not travel to Denver. Eriksson Ek is questionable and Hynes is waiting to see if he can travel

@JBone9641 @BizNasty2point0 @mattmurley19 They were looking for him to disable a Wild player or 2 so they could score a goal while his victims were lying on the ice.

@BizNasty2point0 @mattmurley19 Someone needs to explain to me like I’m 5 why Benn is the 6th man on that line

Bang. Dallas is dead. The Minnesota Wild are off to the second round. 3 straight wins to knock off a contender. Have a night Minnesota. The State of Hockey is back baby. Go easy on our boy @mattmurley19.

@81Bayer @SaadYousuf126 I'm a Wild fan. I would take Oettinger every day of the week. Guy is a stud. Heck of a series.

@SaadYousuf126 Saad if Dallas ends losing this series it’s a blessing in disguise really because Oettinger is not the answer for the organization and the way it’s constructed is also part of the problem.

more and more it's feeling like Game 4 on Saturday in Minnesota could go down like Game 4 in Edmonton two years ago when Dallas had a 2-1 series lead and blew a 2-0 first period lead, in terms of a golden opportunity slipping away