(Edmonton, Alberta) — The Wild finish off the back half of their three game road tip tonight and tomorrow when they skate in Edmonton and Seattle. The trip starting on Tuesday in Winnipeg with the Wild falling 6-3 to the Jets. Marco Rossi scored two goals in the loss as the Wild saw their six game point streak come to an end. Still, Minnesota is 8-3-1 in their last 12 gobbling up 17 out of a possible 24 points in the last month and keeping their playoff hopes alive. Tonight they’ll be facing an Oilers team that along with a 16 game win streak has gone 20-3-1 since December 21st and hasn’t lost in regulation at home since December 16th. The Wild and Oilers split the first two games of the series. Puck drops tonight from Rogers Place in Edmonton at 8 P-M.
Before the Wild left for Edmonton, MNN’s Kevin Falness caught up with Wild forward Jake Lucchini: