The Prince George Spruce Kings had high hopes the return of veteran forward Linden Makow and Owen Goodbrand from the injury shelf would provide the spark needed to get back into the BCHL win column.
Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night.