SEVENTH HEAVEN - EL NINO PROPELS WILD INTO SECOND ROUND
May 1, 2014DENVER -- Nino Niederreiter helped the Minnesota Wild snap an 11-year drought and earn another crack at the Chicago Blackhawks.
Niederreiter scored his second goal of the game 5:02 into overtime Wednesday to give the Wild a 5-4 come-from-behind victory against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 of the Western Conference First Round series at Pepsi Center.
"That's when you have to show up, the big stage," said Niederreiter, who also had an assist on Jared Spurgeon's game-tying goal late in regulation. "I'm very lucky to be able to do it." ......MORE