His last shift, coming with 9:52 left in the first, ended relatively innocently and innocuously. He got tangled with Pavel Buchnevich in the corner, came back to the front of the net with the St. Louis Blues winger and skated slowly to the bench and down the tunnel. Coach John Hynes did not provide an update on Faber after the game.

Just a minute and 23 seconds into the game Middleton got on the scoresheet. He received a pass from Ryan Hartman and fed it to his defense partner Zach Bogosian who ripped one past Jordan Binnington to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.