Game Preview: Wild at Lightning

SUNRISE, FLA. -- The Minnesota Wild continues its road trip tomorrow, heading to Sunrise to take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Saturday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena Arena (Sunrise, Florida)
• Watch: Where to Watch
• Listen: KFAN
• Gamecenter: Wild at Panthers

Records:

• Wild Record: 2-1-1, 5 points

• Florida Panthers Record: 2-0-2, 6 points

• All-Time Wild Record: 22-10-5 (11-3-4 at Grand Casino Arena, 11-7-1 at Florida)

Connections

• C Nico Sturm recorded one point (0-1=1) in 15 games during the 2024-25 season with Florida and skated in eight postseason games to help the Panthers win the 2025 Stanley Cup
• Minnesota Assistant Coach Jack Capuano worked as Associate Coach with Florida for two seasons (2017-19)
• D Matt Kiersted skated in 39 games and notched seven points (2-5=7) with Florida over parts of four seasons (2020-25)
• D Dmitry Kulikov collected 24 points (7-17=24) in 80 games with Minnesota in 2020-21.

Wild Leaders Against Panthers

• LW Nick Foligno leads Minnesota with 24 points (10-14=24) in 55 career games against Florida.
• D Zach Bogosian owns 21 points (6-15=21) in 47 games Kaprizov owns 17 points (6-11=17) in 10 games.
• C Blake Coleman (7-8=15, in 26 games) and Eriksson Ek (6-9=15, in 15 games) have 15 points each.

Panthers Leaders Against Wild

• Marchand leads Florida with 23 points (11-12=23) in 21 career games vs. Minnesota.
• C Aleksander Barkov has 18 points (4-14=18) in 19 games.
• Matthew Tkachuk has 17 points (7-10=17) in 23 games.
• Ekblad has 15 points (5-10=15) in 21 games.

Fast Facts

• Minnesota has a earned a point in 15 of the 18 all-time meetings in Saint Paul (11-3-4)
• The Wild has won three consecutive games played in Florida.

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