Preview: Wild vs. Kings

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Wild hits the ice yet again tonight, inviting the Kings to battle it out tonight at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota is 3=6=1 in its last ten and is desperately seeking a win to change the tides.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Monday, March 17th at 7:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Xcel Energy Center (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Road Closure Alert: A portion of W. 7th Street, between Kellogg Blvd. & N. Walnut St., will close on March 17 from 12 p.m. to 2 a.m.
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Wild Record: 37-25-5, 79 points, 4th in Central Division

Kings Record: 36-20-9, 81 points, 3rd in Pacific Division

2024-25 Series Record: 0-2-0

All-Time Wild Record: 42-30-15 (23-12-8 at Xcel Energy Center)

This Season on Wild vs. Kings

Los Angeles won the series-opening game, 5-1, at Xcel Energy Center (11/5) and the second game, 4-1, in Los Angeles (12/7).

D Zach Bogosian leads the Wild with two points (1-1=2). G Filip Gustavsson stopped 23-of-27 shots faced for the Wild in the first meeting. G Marc-André Fleury stopped 30-of-32 shots faced in the second game.

LW Trevor Moore (2-2=4) leads the Kings with four points. RW Alex Laferriere has three points (1-2=3). G David Rittich saved 23-of-24 shots faced to earn the win for the Kings in the first game. G Darcy Kuemper saved 22-of-23 shots faced to earn the win for Los Angeles in the second matchup.

Last Time Out

Minnesota fell 5-1 to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night. D Jake Middleton scored the lone Wild goal. Gustavsson saved 22-of-27 shots on goal.

Wild Leaders Against Kings

• RW Mats Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 18 points (5-13=18) in 30 career contests vs. Los Angeles
• LW Kirill Kaprizov has 17 points (10-7=17) in 19 games
• C Gustav Nyquist owns 15 points (5-10=15) in 26 games
• LW Marcus Johansson owns 14 points (7-7=14) in 27 games

Kings Leaders Against Wild

• C Anze Kopitar leads Los Angeles with 59 points (17- 42=59) in 67 career games vs. Minnesota
• D Drew Doughty owns 37 points (7-30=37) in 55 contests
• RW Adrian Kempe has 18 points (7-11=18) in 28 games
• LW Trevor Moore has 13 points (6-7=13) in 22 meetings

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On the Mend

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

Joel Eriksson Ek: lower-body injury (10 games missed)

Kirill Kaprizov: lower-body injury (17 games missed)

Connections

• Minnesota Goaltending Coach Frederic Chabot went 3-3-2 with a 3.14 GAA and a .891 SV% in 12 games (nine starts) with the Kings in 1997-98
• D Jake Middleton was selected by the Kings in the seventh round (210th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft
• D Brock Faber was drafted by the Kings in the second round (45th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft
• Fiala played three seasons (2019-22) with Minnesota, appearing in 215 games and tallying 186 points (79-107=186)
• Kuemper was selected by the Wild in the sixth round (161st overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft and went 41-34-14 with a 2.60 GAA, a .910 SV% and seven shutouts in 102 games (82 starts) in five seasons with Minnesota (2012-17)
• D Mikey Anderson hails from Fridley and skated one season at Hill-Murray (2013-14) and two seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth (2017-19)

Fast Facts

• The Wild is 12-4-1 in the last 17 contests played against the Kings at Xcel Energy Center

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