The Wild play their final game of the regular season tonight in St. Paul against the St. Louis Blues. The Wild are flying after back to back wins over Edmonton (though the once mighty oil are a pathetic 1-17-1 since trading Ryan Smith away, and cleary have been mailing it in since).
Tonight's game against the Blues actually will prove a decent test. As the Blues have gotten considerably better since the trade deadline, they will be a force next season, but it's too little too late for them this year. The Wild need to stay focused, and put forth their best effort, which Coach Lemaire says he hasn't seen this week.
Playoff implications... The Wild have already clinched their playoff spot this year, they still have an outside shot at the Northwest division title, but they will need a lot of help. The Wild Can finish with 104 points with a win in their finale tonight. The Northwest leading Vancouver Canucks have 103 and two games remaining. This afternoon at San Jose (3pm CT) and tommorow evening at Calgary (9pm CT). Coupled with a victory tonight, the Wild would need Vancouver to gain one point or fewer in these two games. The Wild would lose the tiebreaker at 103 because they would've won fewer games than the Canucks (45 to 46), but would win the tiebreaker at 104 because they would have identical records (48-26-8), but the Wild have the better head to head record against the Canucks (12 points to 8).
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