Minnesota Wild defeat Boston Bruins, 1-0

Even when teams are playing their best - and right now, the Bruins are a cut or two below their best - it's hard to look good against the Wild.

"They're notorious for it," said Bruins rookie Blake Wheeler, a favorite son of Minnesota and a faithful follower of the Wild in both high school and college. "It's talked about a lot there . . . you know, Coach Lemaire's system."

The Bruins, less than a week removed from the good, good, good times of a 10-game winning streak...

At first glance, Marek Zidlicky didn't have much of a play.

The point man had the puck during Minnesota's fourth straight power play, which came at 6:20 of the second period. There wasn't a shooting lane. The Wild didn't have much traffic in front.

But the power-play specialist did what he's been coached to do: create an opportunity where one doesn't exist. So by fading off the right point and walking the puck to the middle of the ice, Zidlicky created the scoring ch...