ST. LOUIS – With a month left in the regular season, the Wild still has plenty to figure out.
Where the team ends up in the West Division is to be determined.
Same with how the lineup clicks when the team is at full strength after key regulars return from injury.
But what could clear up most questions surrounding the team is if it stopped sending mixed messages.
After the Blues unloaded a franchise-record nine goals on Friday night in the most lopsided loss the team has ever had, the Wild was cleaner Saturday night at Enterprise Center but still lost control as St. Louis rallied 3-2 in overtime in the Wild's final game before the NHL trade deadline.
"We played properly," coach Dean Evason said, "and we do that every night, we're going to give ourselves a chance."
Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly scored on a backhand off a wraparound with two seconds to go in OT, capping off a comeback after St. Louis tied the score 2-2 in the final minute of third period.
This letdown for the Wild on the heels of progress was a microcosm of a week in which the team was all over the map, an unevenness that has been indicative of its play for the past few weeks.