Six-goal third period carries Wild to blowout, into top eight in West

Six weeks ago, the way this stumbling, bumbling season was heading for the Wild, even the least cynical and most optimistic amongst us could never have imagined the Wild would be able to put itself back in the playoff picture. Well, here we are, 40 days after suffering a rock-bottom six-goal loss at Pittsburgh, and the Wild has indeed climbed back into the top-8 for the first time since Nov. 24 thanks to a 6-2 win Sunday night over the Dallas Stars.

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