Like most hockey coaches, John Hynes would prefer not to think about goaltending.

The Wild head coach would like to appoint one man to the job and roll with it, but reality is making that a challenge this season, in part due to the condensed NHL schedule but also because Filip Gustavsson and understudy Jesper Wallstedt are playing very good hockey.

“There’s so many back-to-backs, and three-in-fours, and I think that to be able to have two guys that can play, they can stay fresh and stay on their game,” Hynes said after Wallstedt’s 42-save effort helped the Wild hang on long enough for a 4-3 shootout win over Carolina on Wednesday night.

“It is valuable, too, when sometimes if a guy plays and plays and plays and plays, sometimes maybe some of their games slip because of the frequency of

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