It was Parise's seventh point on Hockey Day Minnesota and team-leading 42nd of the season. It was also a weight off the Bloomington native's shoulders after he tied a franchise record with a career-high 11 shots -- all futile -- in Thursday's 3-0 loss to Anaheim.
3. Hockey Day Minnesota continues to be good to the Wild.
Minnesota improved to 10-2-1 on Hockey Day and has won the past three matchups. A crowd of 19,054 capped the day-long celebration from Bemidji by taking in a game the Wild outshot, out-skated and largely out-played its opponent two days after falling to the Ducks two days earlier in a game that snapped Anaheim's 12-game losing streak.
The Wild is scheduled to practice Sunday in St. Paul before heading to Vegas for a 5 p.m. contest Monday, then to Colorado for an 8:30 p.m. start Wednesday.
That'll be the last outing till February as the All-Star break runs right into Minnesota's NHL-mandated bye week.