Wild Bench Wallstedt After 8-Goal Avalanche

The Wild pull the plug on Jesper Wallstedt after he surrendered eight goals in Game 1's bloodbath against the Avalanche, turning to veteran Filip Gustavsson for Game 2. Minnesota's coaching staff rarely makes mid-series goalie swaps this drastic unless the tape shows total collapse, and Wallstedt's inexperience got exposed against Colorado's buzzsaw attack. With the series on a knife's edge in the Western Conference second round, Gustavsson carries the weight of a desperate bounce-back bid.