Preview: Wild at Kraken

SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Minnesota Wild heads out on the road again, taking the stage tonight in Seattle to do battle with the Kraken. The Wild is coming hot off of a shutout win at home against the Boston Bruins, hoping to bring the same moxie to Climate Pledge Arena tonight.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Tuesday, March 4th at 9:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, Washington)
• Watch: FanDuel Sports North
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild at Kraken

Wild Record: 35-22-4, 74 points, 3rd in Central Division

Kraken Record: 26-31-4, 56 points, 7th in Pacific Division

2024-25 Series Record: 0-0-1

All-Time Wild Record: 6-3-1 (4-1-0 at Seattle)

This Season on Wild vs. Kraken

Seattle won the series-opening contest, 5-4, in shootout at Xcel Energy Center (10/12).

LW Kirill Kaprizov led Minnesota with three points (1-2=3). LW Matt Boldy (1-1=2), C Marco Rossi (0-2=2) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-1=2) also notched multi-point games. G Marc-André Fleury stopped 30-of-34 shots faced for the Wild.

LW Andre Burakovsky (0-2=2), RW Jordan Eberle (2-0=2) and LW Jared McCann (1-1=2) led the Kraken with two points each. G Joey Daccord saved 34-of-38 shots faced to earn the win for Seattle.

Last Time Out

Minnesota shut Boston out on Sunday in Saint Paul. C Freddy Gaudreau scored the lone Wild goal, assisted by LW Marcus Johansson and Zuccarello. G Filip Gustavsson saved 28-of-28 shots on goal in his fourth shutout of the season.

Wild Leaders Against Kraken

• Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 14 points (5-9=14) in nine career games against Seattle
• Zuccarello has 11 points (4-7=11) in nine games
• C Ryan Hartman (4-6=10 in eight games) and Boldy (6-4=10 in eight games) own 10 points each

Kraken Leaders Against Wild

• C Jaden Schwartz leads the Kraken with 28 points (14- 14=28) in 44 career contests vs. Minnesota
• Eberle has 26 points (10- 16=26) in 41 games
• LW Chandler Stephenson owns 19 points (4-15=19) in 21 games
• Burakovsky owns 18 points (4-14=18) in 27 contests

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On the Mend

Jonas Brodin: lower-body injury (one game missed)

Joel Eriksson Ek: lower-body injury (four games missed)

Kirill Kaprizov: lower-body injury (11 games missed)

Connections

• Johansson recorded 23 points (6-17=23) in 51 games with Seattle in 2021-22
• C Devin Shore notched four points (1- 2=3) in 21 games with Seattle in 2023-24
• C Ben Meyers is from Delano and played three seasons (2019-22) at the University of Minnesota
• Seattle Assistant Coach Bob Woods served as an Assistant Coach for the Wild for parts of seven seasons (2017-24)
• Kraken television analyst J.T. Brown recorded eight points (3-5=8) in 56 games with Minnesota in 2018-19

Fast Facts

• Minnesota is 6-2-0 in its last eight games against Seattle, outscoring the Kraken 27-16
• The Wild has won four consecutive games in Seattle, outscoring the Kraken 13-4

For more information on today's matchup, check out the game notes below.