DENVER — As Marcus Foligno sat in the Delta Center penalty box, awaiting his freedom after being whistled for a four-minute high sticking infraction, he marveled at the job his penalty-killing teammates did, erasing more than three minutes of Utah’s man advantage at the start of the second period on Thursday.

The Wild picked up a much-needed 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins Sunday afternoon during a brief return to Minnesota before hitting the road yet again Monday for a two-game road trip to Seattle and Vancouver.