Back from a 1-3-1 road trip, the Wild practiced Friday at TRIA Rink to prepare for back-to-backs against Utah and San Jose on Saturday and Sunday.

Asked about the trip, head coach John Hynes said, “I think we take some lessons out of that one.”

The overarching lesson, the coach said, is that the team needs to be better at the point of attack, on either side of the puck — winning draws, retrieving pucks, winning on the boards and in the corners.

“To me, it’s more consistency; I think we’ve seen it at times,” Hynes said. “I understand we’re not where we want to be. But at the end of the day, we’ve played some good hockey, we’ve won some games, we’ve earned some points.

“We’ve got to get better in certain areas. That’s one of them. That’s what we’re striving to do.”

The Wild began an imp

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