Preview: Wild at Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Minnesota Wild continues a long road trip tonight, making a stop in Sunrise to do battle against the reigning Stanley Cup Champions.
Info for Tonight’s Game:
- When: Tuesday, October 22 at 5:30 p.m. CT
- Where: Amerant Bank Arena (Sunrise, Florida)
- Watch: Bally Sports North
- Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
- Gamecenter: Wild vs. Panthers
Wild Record: 3-0-2, 8 points, 4th in Central Division
Panthers Record: 4-2-1, 9 points, 1st in Atlantic Division
2023-24 Series Record: 2-0-0
All-Time Wild Record: 20-9-4 (9-7-1 at Florida)
Stats Comparison
Team Stats | FLA | MIN |
Power Play | 19.0% | 31.3% |
Penalty Kill | 89.5% | 75.0% |
Faceoff | 46.7% | 48.7% |
Goals For / Games Played | 3.29 | 3.00 |
Goals Against / Games Played | 3.43 | 2.00 |
This Season on Wild vs. Panthers
Minnesota swept the season series against Florida.
Minnesota opened the 2023-24 season with a 2-0 win over Florida (10/12) and won the second meeting, 6-4, at Florida (1/19). C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-3=4), D Brock Faber (2-2=4) and LW Kirill Kaprizov (2-2=4) led the Wild with four points. LW Matt Boldy (0-3=3) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-2=3) each had three points. G Filip Gustavsson went 1-0-0 with a 2.01 GAA, a .954 SV% and one shutout in two games. G Marc-André Fleury started the second game and stopped 10-of-11 shots faced.
D Aaron Ekblad led Florida with four points (1-3=4). C Anton Lundell had two points (1-1=2). G Sergei Bobrovsky went 0-1-0 with a 4.10 GAA and a .833 SV% in two games. G Anthony Stolarz was 0-1-0 with a 2.19 GAA and a .900 SV% in the second contest.
Wild Leaders Against Panthers
- Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 31 points (15-16=31) in 29 career matches against Florida
- D Zach Bogosian owns 21 points (6-15=21) in 45 games vs. Florida
- LW Marcus Johansson has 15 points (5-10=15) in 32 games
- D Jared Spurgeon (2-10=12, in 18 games) and Kaprizov (5-7=12, in six games) each have 12 points
Panthers Leaders Against Wild
- C Aleksander Barkov leads Florida with 17 points (4- 13=17) in 18 career matches against Minnesota
- RW Matthew Tkachuk (4-6=10, in 19 games) and Ekblad (3-7=10, in 17 games) each have 10 points
- C Sam Reinhart (4-5=9, in 15 games) and D Nate Schmidt (3-6=9, in 21 games) each have nine points
Recent Transactions
The Minnesota Wild signed G Jesper Wallstedt to a two-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season (10/7).
To view more recent transactions, visit wild.com/transactions.
Connections
- Minnesota Assistant Coach Jack Capuano worked as Associate Coach with Florida for two seasons (2017-19)
- D Dmitry Kulikov collected 24 points (7-17=24) in 80 games with Minnesota in 2020-21
- Schmidt is from St. Cloud and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota (2010-13)
Fast Facts
- Minnesota has a earned a point in 14 of the 16 all-time meetings in St. Paul (11-2-3)
- The Wild’s 20 career wins against the Panthers are tied for its fifth-most against an Eastern Conference opponent
For more information on tonight’s matchup, check out the game notes below.
Download 10.22.24 MIN at FLA Game Notes download