Niemi played a strong game against the Wild on Saturday. He made 23 saves in a 2-1 OT loss.

EDGE Analysis

He made some awesome saves and earned the game's second star for his efforts. But it wasn't enough and Niemi and the Stars got saddled with the loss. He did keep his team in the game in what was a super-slow third for him. Niemi faced just four shots in the third, but three of them were tough and in tight. He's 1-3-1 in five starts since Christmas and will need to continue to stand on his head to get his mates out of this funk.