Off today, so I’m here in the press box blogging. I know, brilliant.

Watching warmup, and it looks like Nummelin’s and Foster’s out. Just don’t get the fascination with Petteri anymore.

– Wild was all over Colorado in the opening period, yet couldn’t score on two of three power plays. So it’s 1-0 lead was tossed out on Keith Carney’s second minor of the period, snapping a 25 for 25 stretch. Wild has nearly a two-minute power play to open the second.

– Incidentally, I’ve gotten quite a few emails asking if Todd White’s 3-on-5 goal in Buffalo was the first in Wild history. The answer is no, only because it was not a 3-on-5 goal. It came just as Dominic Moore left the box, meaning it was a 4-on-5 goal. If it would have been 3-on-5, it would have been the first. I’ve only covered two personally in my career, one by Modano against the Panthers and one by either Thornton or Lecavalier against the Panthers (I can’t remember). 

– Stephane Veilleux must be reading the blog, where you all say the Wild isn’t tough enough and never stick up for each other, regardless of time and score. He just negated a power play by going after Vaananen while the game’s tied 1-1. Smart. But at least he’s tough enough for some of you.

– Pretty entertaining period, thus far, and the Wild only has three shots with 5:11 left. Lots of offensive-zone time, but lots of barely missed nets. Nick Schultz has been a defensive stalwart thus far.

– You should hear the elevator music going on during the second intermission. That’ll rile up the crowd for the third!

– Koivu on the top line to start the third. Moore’s played 6:23 through two, 11 shifts. Jacques’ going with three lines, and it’s Moore, Parrish and Hall who have been benched.

– They trade for a faceoff guy, get a power play with 32.9 seconds left in the third and a 4-on-3 for a 1:28 to start the second, and Jacques doesn’t use Dominic Moore to win a key draw. They don’t win the draw, and the entire 4-on-3 is ruined because of it.

– Brent Burns, who might have been the best player on the ice for both teams today, fittingly just won it in overtime with 19 seconds left. His best moment might have been catching Joe Sakic with his head down at the blue line in the second period.

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