MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:

SERIES NOTES
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
All-Time Wild Record: 16-11-2 (9-4-2 at Xcel Energy Center,
7-7-0 at New York)
2021-22: Minnesota won both meetings with a 5-2 victory at Xcel Energy Center (11/7) and a 4-3 win at UBS Arena (1/30)…D Matt Dumba led the Wild with four points (1-3=4)…RW Brandon Duhaime tallied three points (2-1=3)…RW Matt Boldy (1-1=2), D Jonas Brodin (1-1=2), C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-1=2), C Ryan Hartman (1-1=2) and LW Kirill Kaprizov (1-1=2) tallied two points each…G Kaapo Kahkonen went 2-0-0 with a 2.51 GAA and a .922 SV%…LW Anders Lee led the Islanders with three points (2-1=3)…C Mathew Barzal tallied two assists…G Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves in the first meeting…G Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves in the second contest in his first career action against Minnesota.

WILD LEADERS: RW Mats Zuccarello leads the Wild with 15 points (4-11=15) in 34 matches vs. the Islanders…D Alex Goligoski has 14 points (2-12=14) in 30 contests…Dumba owns 10 points (1-9=10) in 10 games…D Jared Spurgeon has eight points (3-5=8) in 17 contests.

WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 27-12-6 with a 2.44 GAA, a .918 SV% and five shutouts in 47 games (45 starts) vs. the Islanders…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-1-0 with a 5.14 GAA and a .815 SV% in one start (12/7/21).

ISLANDERS LEADERS: RW Kyle Palmieri leads the Islanders with 13 points (5-8=13) in 19 games against Minnesota…Lee has 12 points (6-5=11) in 14 contests…RW Josh Bailey owns 11 points (2-9=11) in 20 games…C Brock Nelson has nine points (6-3=9) in 15 matches.

ISLANDERS GOALIES: Varlamov is 13-14-1 with a 2.26 GAA, a .928 SV% and one shutout in 29 games (28 starts) against Minnesota…Sorokin is 0-1-0 with a 4.19 GAA and a .810 SV% in one start.

FAST FACTS: The Wild is 8-5-1 in its last 14 matches against the Islanders, outscoring New York 39-21 in the eight wins…Fourteen of the 29 all-time meetings with the Islanders have been decided by one goal (8-4-2), including eight of the 14 matches at Xcel Energy Center (5-1-2).

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 2, 2023 – Jan. 10, 2023
1/9/23 Reassigned G Zane McIntyre to Iowa
1/6/23 Recalled G Zane McIntyre from Iowa under emergency conditions

PENALTY KILLERS
• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is T-12th in the NHL with a 80.6 penaltykill percentage (83 for 103).

• Minnesota is eighth in the NHL with a 82.4 penalty-kill percentage (56 of 68) on the road this season.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• Minnesota holds a 10-6-3 record on the road this season. Its .605 road win percentage is tied for 10th in the NHL.

• The Wild is 3-1-2 in its last six road games, collecting eight points in that stretch.

• Minnesota went 22-14-5 on the road last season, reaching 20-plus road wins in a season for the fifth time in franchise history.

• Minnesota’s 49 road points in 2021-22 ranked third in franchise history:

• The Wild scored three-plus goals and held opponents to two goals or less in 15 of its 21 road wins during the 2021-22 season.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Tuesday, Jan. 10 SO Loss DAL 2 at NYI 1 Lee Sorokin (25/26)
Anders Lee found the back of the net on the power play in the first period and Brock Nelson and Noah Dobson each tallied assists, as the Islanders collected a point in the shootout but fell 2-1 to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night in Elmont. Ilya
Sorokin made 25 saves on 26 shots faced, helping the Islanders collect a point against the Stars for the first time in three
meetings against them.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 12, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 28, 2023 Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, MN) 8:00pm
Jan. 10 Simon Holmstrom has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Jan. 6 Mat Barzal is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
Jan. 5 Cal Clutterbuck has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Jan. 2 Cory Schneider has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Semyon Varlamov has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Dec. 30 Simon Holmstrom is day to day with a lower body injury and is on IR (retroactive to 12/23/22). Oliver Wahlstrom is out indefinitely with a lower body injury is on IR (retroactive to 12/27/22).

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 –

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 – Jan. 3

18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13

21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 –

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

Man Games Lost: 76

RECENT RESULTS
Tuesday, Jan. 10 vs. Dallas L/SO (2-1)
Friday, Jan. 6 at Calgary L (4-1)
Thursday, Jan. 5 at Edmonton L (4-2)
Tuesday, Jan. 3 at Vancouver W (6-2)
Sunday, Jan. 1 at Seattle L (4-1)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Jan. 12, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 28, 2023 Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, MN) 8:00pm

UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 14 vs. Montreal UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:00pm
Jan. 16 vs. Washington UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 18 vs. Boston UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 19 at Buffalo KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 21 vs. Carolina UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. MINNESOTA:
Jan. 30, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Loss (4-3)
Nov. 7, 2021 Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, MN) Loss (5-2)
Dec. 29, 2019 Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, MN) Win (3-1)
Mar. 17, 2019 Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, MN) OT Win (3-2)
Feb. 10, 2019 Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) Win (2-1)

vs. THE WILD:
2021-22 0-2-0
Last five games: 3-2-0
Franchise History 13-14-0-2
NYI Home 7-6-0-1
NYI Away 6-8-0-1

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the Islanders host the Minnesota Wild in the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. The Islanders will look to earn their first win against Minnesota since December 29, 2019. It has been nearly a year since these teams last met on January 30, 2022 when Ross Johnston and Brock Nelson each scored, but the Islanders fell to the Wild, 4-3. Last season, the Islanders dropped both decisions to Minnesota in their two-game season series.

AGAINST THE CENTRAL DIVISION
Tonight, the Islanders will look to improve upon their 4-6-2 record against Central Division opponents, after collecting a point in the shootout against Dallas on Tuesday evening. Each of their last two games against Central teams have ended in a shootout (Jan. 10 vs. DAL, Dec. 19 at COL).

HOME STAND
Tonight, the Islanders play the second contest of a five-game home stand. They will play eight home games in the month of January, their busiest month this season. The Islanders have collected points in their last four straight home games, with a 3-0-1 record since December 23 on UBS Arena ice. In that span, they have outscored opponents 13-4 and allowed just one regulation goal each game. Tuesday night’s matchup saw the Islanders extend their point streak at home, as they collected a point in the shootout against Dallas. The Islanders are 8-4-1 at home since the beginning of November.

The Islanders are seven-for-seven on the penalty kill in their last four matchups at home. The Islanders have not allowed a power play goal on home ice since December 2 against Nashville, and they enter tonight’s matchup 89.4% on the penalty kill at UBS Arena, leading the NHL.