The Minnesota Wild came within an inch of mounting a seemingly impossible third-period comeback Sunday.
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After entering the final frame of a must-win Game 6 down 4-0, the team went off for four goals, but ultimately fell short and watched the Dallas Stars advance to the second round.
It was clear after the game that the lack of a full 60-minute effort caused the team's demise.
"We need to bring that the whole game," said forward Charlie Coyle. "It was right there for us. Never out of the fight there. It came down to inches."
Defenseman Jared Spurgeon - whose two goals were key in the team's attempted comeback - echoed Coyle's thoughts.
Spurgeon: "The pride we have in this room. No one wants to go out the way we were playing the first two periods." #mnwild
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 24, 2016
With the loss, the Wild fail to reach the second round for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
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