The Minnesota Wild's playoff streak came to an end late Tuesday after six seasons.
The Wild beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 Tuesday night, thanks to 32 saves from Devan Dubnyk and two goals from Zach Parise in his return from injury. But the Colorado Avalanche, who Minnesota trailed by five points for eighth in the Western Conference entering Tuesday, exploded for six straight goals in a 6-2 win over Edmonton to end the Wild's postseason hopes.
"It's tough," Foligno said before the Colorado game ended, per the Associated Press. "We played a really good game. I mean, too little, too late in the season in general. We had a lot of chances at home to play like this, and it catches up to you obviously. It's such a hard league and you never want your fate to be in someone else's hands or some other team's hands."
Victor Rask, Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Foligno also scored for Minnesota, which next hosts the Boston Bruins Thursday.