SUNRISE, FLA. -- But even in victory, the Wild still managed to take a loss.
While the team pushed its season-long point streak to 10 games (7-0-3) in gutsy fashion, rallying for a 4-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in front of an announced 10,167 at the start of a three-game road trip, the Wild finished without defenseman Jared Spurgeon and captain Mikko Koivu.
Coach Bruce Boudreau didn't have updates on either player's status after the game.
"It was pretty good resiliency, and the character of this team is really good," Boudreau said. "When we got down, we took it in stride. When we lost Spurgeon, we took it in stride. When we lost Mikko, we took it in stride and just kept playing."
It's unclear what happened to Koivu, who took one shift in the third period and then didn't play again.
Spurgeon was hurt in the first period. After blocking a shot from Florida's Aleksander Barkov, Spurgeon appeared to be favoring his right arm/hand area. He didn't grab his stick with that hand and when Barkov wound up again, this time converting on the power play at 9 minutes, 54 seconds to open the scoring, Spurgeon kept his right side shielded to the inside and instead jutted just his stick into the shooting lane.
He didn't play after that.
"Any team that loses their better players is always concerned," Boudreau said. "But we've lost our No. 1 goalie, and guys came through."