Game Preview: Wild vs. Golden Knights

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild is back under the lights of Grand Casino Arena tonight, following last night's electric 2-0 shutout win over Anaheim, marking G Jesper Wallstedt's second consecutive shutout (11/9 vs. CGY, 11/15 vs. ANA).

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Sunday, November 16th at 5:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Grand Casino Arena (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Tickets: Buy Now
• Special Ticket Offers:
  • Hockey Fights Cancer Ticket Pack, featuring a Hockey Fights Cancer blanket and a post game group photo at center ice
  • Bottomless YETI Ticket Pack: Red, featuring a red 20 oz. Wild-branded YETI Tumbler and unlimited fountain soda refills on game day
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• Listen: KFAN
• Gamecenter: Wild vs. Golden Knights

Wild Record: 8-7-4

Golden Knights Record: 8-4-5

2024-25 Series Record: 0-3-0

All-Time Wild Record: 13-11-4 (7-4-3 at Grand Casino Arena)

Last Time Out

Last Season on Wild vs. Golden Knights

Minnesota went 0-3-0 against the Golden Knights last season. Vegas won the series-opening contest, 3-2, in Saint Paul (12/15) and the second contest, 4-1, at T-Mobile Arena (1/12) and the series finale, 5-1, at Grand Casino Arena (3/25).

RW Mats Zuccarello led Minnesota with three points (0-3=3). LW Kirill Kaprizov had two points (2-0=2). C Ryan Hartman and LW Marcus Johansson each scored a goal. G Jesper Wallstedt saved 24-of-27 shots faced while making his season debut for Minnesota in the first game. G Filip Gustavsson started the second contest and stopped 33-of-37 shots faced. G Marc-André Fleury stopped 33-of37 shots faced in the third meeting.

C Jack Eichel (3-2=5), RW Mark Stone (0-5=5) and D Shea Theodore (1-4=5) paced Vegas with five points each. G Ilya Samsonov stopped 20-of-22 shots faced to earn the win for Vegas in the first meeting. G Adin Hill went 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .950 SV% in two starts.

Wild Leaders Against Golden Knights

• RW Vladimir Tarasenko leads Minnesota with 16 points (5- 11=16) in 19 career games vs. Vegas
• Kaprizov (10-5=15 in 16 games) and C Joel Eriksson Ek (7-8=15 in 24 games) both own 15 career points against Vegas
• D Jonas Brodin (3-10=13 in 25 matches) and Zuccarello (4-9=13 in 24 games) have 13 points each

Golden Knights Leaders Against Wild

• LW Brandon Saad (14-14=28, in 50 career games) and Stone (5-23=28, in 24 career games) lead Vegas with 28 points
• C Tomas Hertl owns 25 points (11-14=25) in 32 games
• Eichel has 20 points (7-13=20) in 15 games

On the Mend

Zach Bogosian: lower body (14 games missed)

Marco Rossi: lower body (one game missed)

Nico Sturm: upper body (19 games missed)

Vladimir Tarasenko: lower body (one game missed)

Connections

• Vegas Assistant Coach Joel Ward made his NHL debut with Minnesota and appeared in 11 games with the Wild in 2006-07
• D Zach Whitecloud played two seasons at Bemidji State University (2016-18)

Fast Facts

• Minnesota ranks fourth in the NHL in wins (13) and fifth in points (30) all-time against Vegas
• Vegas defeated Minnesota in six games in the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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