Mark the moment.

At the olympic break.
The wild are tied for 2nd in point total(78) with
The 2 division leaders in the Easter Conference.
5 points behind Colorado(83).

Are the wild a legit top 5 team?
Good question. The 2nd half returns feb. 24/25 after the 3 week olympic break. For a handful of teams. Those with nearly a dozen on olympic rosters. It wont be much of a break.
Every team has at least 1 player off to Milan. The majority of teams sent 2-4 players.

Colorado leads with 11. Minnesota sent 10. A few other nhl teams sent 7-9. Tampa, Boston & Vegas I think?

Teams have played between 53-56 games so far on the 82 game schedule. Final season of 82. Next year it bumps to 84 games. The 2nd half will be a 26-29 game sprint to april 18 when the playoffs begin.