Postgame Hat Trick: Wild 1, Canadiens 0

Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 1-0 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre in Montreal on Monday night:

1. Minnesota assured itself of a winning road trip.
In the process, the Wild has now won four of its past five games overall and with the season officially halfway in the books, moved into the second and final wild card spot in the Western Conference.
In a game with offensive chances at a premium, it had that feel of one that would take a defensive error to turn the tide. Fortunately for the Wild, it remained tight defensively.
The few chances Montreal did get were steered away cleanly by All-Star goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who made 32 saves to notch his first shutout of the season and 30th of his NHL career.
Minnesota doesn't have much time to celebrate its winning four-game trip, however; the Wild faces the Bruins in Boston tomorrow, but after wins in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to begin the trip, the Wild can afford to get greedy in Bean Town.
2. Mikael Granlund snapped out of a lengthy goal-scoring drought.
Defenseman Jeff Petry fed Granlund with a tape-to-tape backhanded pass ... the problem for the home team is that Petry plays for the Canadiens. Granlund gained control of the puck near the left faceoff circle next to Carey Price, went towards the goal then waited the goaltender out, finally firing into an open net 6:58 into the final period.
Granlund's goal broke a scoreless tie and ended a personal 15-game goal drought for the Finnish winger, who now has 12 goals on the season.
3. Here's hoping all is good with Wild forward Eric Fehr.
Just 2 1/2 minutes into the contest, Fehr was on the receiving end of a very late hit from Montreal's Kenny Agostino. Fehr appeared to hit his forehead on the top of the dasher boards near the Wild bench and was cut open.

He left the game with a towel on his face and did not return. The team will likely provide an update on his status for tomorrow in Boston and moving forward postgame.
Nick Seeler was not a fan of the hit and immediately came to Fehr's defense by dropping the mitts with him. Agostino was booted from the contest for the rest of the night after being charged with a five-minute interference major in addition to his fighting major.