Preview: Wild vs. Kraken
WINNIPEG, MB — The Minnesota Wild heads North today to challenge the Jets on the Wild’s first road trip of the season.
Info for Tonight’s Game:
- When: Sunday, October 13 at 5:00 p.m. CT
- Where: Canada Life Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Watch: Bally Sports North
- Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
- Gamecenter: Wild vs. Jets
Wild Record: 1-0-1, 0 points, T-5th in Central Division
Jets Record: 2-0-0, 0 points, T-2nd in Central Division
2023-24 Series Record: 0-4-0
All-Time Wild Record: 29-22-5 (12- 13-2 at Winnipeg)
Stats Comparison
Team Stats | WPG | MIN |
Power Play | 40.0% | 40.0% |
Penalty Kill | 100.0% | 60.0% |
Faceoff | 53.2% | 52.4% |
Goals For / Games Played | 4.00 | 3.50 |
Goals Against / Games Played | 0.50 | 3.00 |
Last Season on Wild vs. Jets
Minnesota went 0-4-0 in the season series vs. Winnipeg.
The Jets earned a 4-2 win at Canada Life Centre (12/30), a 3-2 victory at Xcel Energy Center the following day (12/31), a 6-3 win in Winnipeg in the third game (2/20) and a 4-2 win in Saint Paul in the series finale (4/6).
LW Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild with five points (3-2=5) in three games…C Freddy Gaudreau posted four points (1-3=4). RW Mats Zuccarello tallied three assists (0-3=3) in two games. G Filip Gustavsson started the first game and saved 19-of-22 shots before exiting with an injury after the second period. G Marc-André Fleury went 0-3-0 with a 4.04 GAA and a .860 SV% in four games (three starts).
C Vladislav Namestnikov led the Jets with five points (2-3=5). LW Kyle Connor (2-2=4), D Dylan DeMelo, C Adam Lowry (3-1=4) and RW Nino Niederreiter (3- 1=4) eached tallied four points. G Connor Hellebuyck started the first game and fourth games and posted a 2.00 GAA and a .937 SV%. G Laurent Brossoit started the second and third games and had a 2.51 GAA and a .923 SV%.
Wild Leaders Against Jets
- LW Marcus Johansson leads the Wild with 25 points (5-20=25) in 36 games vs. Winnipeg
- Zuccarello owns 24 points (11-13=22) in 27 games
- LW Marcus Foligno has 21 points (11-10=21) in 32 games
- Kaprizov owns 19 points (6-13=19) in 11 matches.
Jets Leaders Against Wild
- C Mark Scheifele leads Winnipeg with 31 points (13-18=31) in 41 games against Minnesota
- Connor owns 23 points (9-14=23) in 23 games
- D Josh Morrisey owns 15 points (2-13=15) in 27 games
- LW Nikolaj Ehlers (7-6=13 in 29 games) and Lowry (5-8=13 in 35 games) each have 13 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
- Wild D Zach Bogosian tallied 127 points (40-87=127 in 393 games in parts of seven seasons (2008-15) with the Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets
- Wild D Declan Chisholm was selected by Winnipeg in the fifth round (50th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft and appeared in four career games for the Jets (2021-24), tallying an assist
- Niederreiter collected 228 points (110- 118=228) in 434 games in parts of six seasons with the Wild
- D Dylan Samberg is from Saginaw and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth (2017-20)
- D Neal Pionk was raised in Hermantown and played two seasons (2015-17) at the University of Minnesota Duluth
Fast Facts
- The Wild is 10-5-0 in the last 15 contests at Xcel Energy Center
- Minnesota’s sweep of the Jets in 2018-19 (5-0-0) marked the third time in franchise history Minnesota swept a season series of more than four games: 5-0-0 vs. Chicago (2015-16) and 6-0-0 vs. Edmonton (2010-11)
- The Wild fell, 4-1, in its first-ever postseason meeting against the Jets in the 2018 First Round
For more information on tonight’s matchup, check out the game notes below.
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