Boudreau said it succinctly.
"We gave them two goals," he said. "You can't give the Pittsburgh Penguins two goals and expect to win, no matter what you do."
That's especially the case when the goals on the other end are tough to come by.
The question is how the Wild can break out of its scoring drought. What will it take?
"You just gotta work, compete, you gotta get to the dirty areas," said Wild forward Eric Staal. "You gotta keep shooting and you get a couple greasy ones and the confidence slowly builds. It's pretty simple, it's not anything that no one knows. You've gotta be determined and give a little extra."
Minnesota has one game remaining before its four-day holiday break, one that likely comes at a good time. But that game is a crucial one, at home, against a Central Division team the Wild is running neck and neck with in the standings.
"I think if we could have come away with this one ... ifs, ands ... but I think it would have turned around," Boudreau said. "It's a frustrating thing we're going through right now."
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