STOCKHOLM — Marcus Foligno walked around Stockholm on Thursday, bought the traditional Swedish wooden Dala horses for his daughters, then went on a private tour of the Vasa Museum, the home of a 17th-century ship.
"I was just kind of in shock when you walk in that place and you see that thing there," the Wild winger said. "It doesn't feel real and kind of hard to wrap your head around that someone built that. So, it's really cool."
They're on a business trip, the three-game losing streak they hauled with them from Minnesota the elephant in the room as they restart their season Saturday vs. Ottawa in the NHL Global Series before facing Toronto on Sunday.
"You want to enjoy it, and then you've got to understand what's on the line and our season needs to turn quickly," Foligno said. "So, we're excited to get back at it, play another game, and we're hoping Sweden can bring us some luck and we can walk out of here with two points tomorrow.
"We're excited just to get going and get an opportunity to make amends for last week."
The Wild are coming off the most lopsided loss of their season, an 8-3 waxing by Dallas last Sunday that included the team giving up a franchise-record five power play goals.
That dropped the penalty kill to a bleak 63.5% that ranks last in the NHL; not only is that well below the league average (approximately 79%), it's also lower than the 68.2% clip Los Angeles had in 1979-80 for the worst PK in NHL history.