from Sarah McLellan of the Star Tribune,

In their first chance to make their own statement on the ice, Wild players didn’t exactly back up coach Bruce Boudreau’s claim that this is a team that wants to make the playoffs and will.

Instead, it continued to make its climb tougher by collapsing yet again — this time in more dramatic fashion.

After squandering a three-goal lead, the team combusted 5-4 in overtime to the Devils Friday in front of an announced 19,041 at Xcel Energy Center on a puck-handling gaffe by goalie Devan Dubnyk that capped off New Jersey’s comeback with its fourth straight tally.

“We’re not blind,” coach Bruce Boudreau said. “We saw how they went in, but the other thing that bothers me is we do this all the time. We get them down and you don’t get that killer instinct and you stop playing and you try to defend all the time, and it’s a losing way to play.”

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