MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
UPCOMING WILD GAMES
GAME BROADCASTS
FLORIDA PANTHERS
All-Time Wild Record: 18-8-3 (10-2-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 8-6-1 at Florida)
2021-22: The Wild lost both meetings against the Panthers, 5-4, at FLA Live Arena (11/20) and 6-2 at Xcel Energy Center (2/18)…LW Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild with four points (2-2=4)…C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-2=3) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-2=3) tallied three points each…G Cam Talbot went 0-2-0 with a 4.26 GAA and a .886 SV%…LW Rudolfs Balcers (1-3=4) and D Aaron Ekblad (1-3=4) led the Panthers with four points
each…LW Nick Cousins (1-2=3), LW Jonathan Huberdeau (0-3=3), LW Mason Marchment (3-0=3) and RW Frank Vatrano (2-1=3) tallied three points each…G Sergei Bobrovsky went 2-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and a .908 SV% in two starts.
WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 27 points (14-13=27) in 25 matches against Florida…LW Marcus Foligno owns 11 points (5-6=11) in 26 games…D Jared Spurgeon has 11 points (1-10=11) in 17 contests…D Jonas Brodin owns nine points (2-7=9) in 14 games.
WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 18-10-2 with a 2.30 GAA, a .922 SV% and two shutouts in 31 career games (29 starts) vs. the Panthers…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-1-0 with a 4.00 GAA and a .867 SV% in one start (4/28/22).
PANTHERS LEADERS: C Aleksander Barkov leads Florida with 16 points (4-12=16) in 15 matches against Minnesota…RW Patric Hornqvist owns 15 points (7-8=15) in 30 contests…Balcers has eight points (2-6=8) in nine games…Cousins owns eight points (3-5=8) in 14 matches…RW Matthew Tkachuk has eight points (4-4=8) in 15 games.
PANTHERS GOALIES: Bobrovsky is 12-3-1 with a 2.10 GAA, a .929 SV% and one shutout in 16 career starts vs. the Wild…G Spencer Knight has not faced Minnesota.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota went 10-0-1 against Florida from Nov. 29, 2001-Dec. 13, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center – its second-longest home point streak against a team in franchise history…The Wild’s 18 career wins against the Panthers are its fourth-most wins against an Eastern Conference opponent.
FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Anthony Duclair | Games Missed: 47
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 22
- G Spencer Knight | Games Missed: 6
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 140
LAST GAME
Panthers 6, Canadiens 2 – Jan. 19 – Bell Center
FLA Goals: Reinhart (14-PPG), Bennett (11-PPG), Tkachuk (23-PPG), Smith (1), Tkachuk (24-PPG), Lomberg (6)
MTL Goals: Pitlick (2), Anderson (13)
FLA Goalie: Lyon (W) – 23 Saves | Bobrovsky – 0 Saves
MTL Goalie: Montembeault (L) – 28 Saves | Primeau – 6 Saves
FLA Shots: 40
MTL Shots: 25
Notes: Florida matched a club record with four power-play goals in the second period……Alex Lyon made his season & Panthers debut, earning his first win in a Cats uniform…Sam Reinhart recorded three points (1-2-3), extending his point streak to 6 games (2-6-8)…Matthew Tkachuk scored two power-play goals for the 2nd time this season…Aleksander Barkov notched two assists, extending his point streak to 6 games (3-6-9)…Brandon Montour logged an assist to extend his point streak to 4 games (1-3-4)…Anton Lundell posted an assist for his third point in as many games (2-1-3)…Carter Verhaeghe contributed an assist, extending his point streak to three games (2-2-4)…Givani Smith scored his first goal with Florida…Radko Gudas registered an assist for the 2nd straight game…Sam Bennett recorded two points (1-1-2)…Florida’s 20 blocked shots tied their season high…FLA PP: 4-8, FLA PK: 5-5
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- Jan. 20: G Spencer Knight loaned to Charlotte (AHL) | G Mack Guzda recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
- Jan. 16: F Grigori Denisenko recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
- Jan. 15: F Zac Dalpe loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. WILD
ALL-TIME vs. MIN: 10-16-1-2
ALL-TIME HOME vs. MIN: 7-7-0-1
2021-22 vs. MIN: 2-0-0
CATS STATS
- Florida had three skaters (Lomberg, Smith, Tkachuk) score a goal and register a fighting major in the same game Jan. 19 at MTL, the first time since ANA on March 16, 2018 a team has had 3 players score a goal and record a fight in the same contest.
- The Panthers rank 2nd in the NHL in goals by defensemen (28), ranking tied for third-most points by blueliners (114).
- The Panthers lead the league in shots on goal per game at home (37.2).
CATS AND WILD
The Panthers face off against the Wild for the first time this season following Florida’s season sweep of Minnesota in 2021-22, outscoring the Wild 11-6 over two contests. In their most recent matchup at FLA Live Arena on Feb. 18, 2022, five different Panthers collected multiple points in a 6-2 win. Florida has earned the win in four of their past five matchups (4-1-0) against Minnesota since March 8, 2019, as well as a 3-1-0 record in the Wild’s past four visits to FLA Live Arena. Aleksander Barkov has registered 16 points (4-12-16) over 15 career games against Minnesota.
