At the conclusion of yesterday's 2-0 loss to the Wild at the Xcel Energy Center, Milan Lucic lifted his stick and hammered it twice on the boards in front of the Boston bench. The stick didn't give. With one final whack, Lucic finally snapped the twig, then flung the shaft onto the ice in disgust.
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There was no sense in keeping a stick that had no juice.
Lucic had two of Boston's 48 shots, including a sparkling scoring chance in the third period. At 9:51 of the third, Lucic snapped a close-range shot on goal. But Niklas Backstrom gloved the bid to keep Minnesota's 2-0 lead in place. It was perhaps the sharpest of Backstrom's 48 saves, the most he's ever made as an NHL puckstopper.
