“We don’t need to overthink it,” Draisaitl added. “We’ve certainly laid a couple of complete eggs here at home, but just go out and keep it simple. It’s a cliché, but just get to our game, make it feel like playing the game that we want to play, have that intensity, and we’ll be fine.”
The Wild are 11-1-2 over their last 14 games, having just had a seven-game win streak snapped on Saturday in a 3-2 shootout defeat to the Sabres.
“They’ve got a very good team, very explosive,” Knoblauch said. “They’ve got some very dangerous players on their first and second lines, and also their defencemen – for the most part – all of them move the puck really well and get involved. Obviously, they’re playing very well lately. I believe they’ve got 11 wins in the last 14 games.
“The goaltending that they get, when they do make mistakes, has been phenomenal during this stretch. So they’ve got a good team, and when they do make mistakes, they’re getting some really key saves. They’ve got some very dynamic and dangerous players, and if you give them an opportunity, they capitalize on it.”
