SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 7 at Nashville 2
Goals: Tolvanen (2), Sprong, Larsson, Beniers, McCann, Bjorkstrand
Goalie: Grubauer (14/16)
PP: 1/4 PK: 3/3 Shots: Seattle 39 – Nashville 16
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 207)
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 72 games – no timeline for return
Andre Burakovsky (lower body) – 22 games – week-to-week
John Hayden (lower body) – 3 games – week-to-week
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
March 20, 2023: Recalled G Joey Daccord on an emergency basis from Coachella Valley (AHL)
March 25, 2023: Reassigned G Joey Daccord to Coachella Valley (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, March 30: Anaheim at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 1: Los Angeles at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Monday, April 3: Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, April 4: Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m. PT
Thursday, April 6: Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is final of three games the Kraken will play against the Wild this season and the second time the two teams are playing in Minnesota this year. Both of the teams’ previous two meetings ended in a shutout. Martin Jones shut out the Wild in a 4-0 Seattle win on Nov. 3 and then March-Andre Fleury shut out the Kraken in a 1-0 Minnesota win on Nov. 11.
• Tonight’s game is the final of a four-game road trip in which all four games will be played against Central Division teams. It is the 20th of 25 games the Kraken will play against Central Division teams this season, with Seattle holding an 10-3-6 record against the Central Division this year.
• A win tonight would give Seattle its 10th series win of the season, having previously won its season series against Buffalo, Colorado, Columbus, Detroit, Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Jose and St. Louis. The Kraken have one game remaining to play against Los Angeles, but they will record a series win regardless of the outcome after going 3-0-0 against the Kings in their first three meetings of the season. The Kraken have four season series that still could be won: Anaheim, Arizona, Chicago and Vegas.
• Entering play Sunday, Jared McCann (1.92) was leading the NHL in goals-per-60 at five-on-five this season among players that have played in at least eight games this year.
• With the Kraken’s four-goal outing in their game on March 3 against Columbus, they surpassed their goal total from all of last season in 20 fewer games. Seattle has scored 253 goals in 72 games this season compared to 213 goals in 2021-22. The team’s 253 goals this season was tied for fifth in the NHL entering play Sunday.
• Jordan Eberle’s goal in the Kraken’s game on March 3 at Columbus was his 50th point of the season. It is the sixth time in his career and first time since 2017-18 that Eberle has recorded 50 or more points in a season.
MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
GAME BROADCASTS
SEATTLE KRAKEN
All-Time Wild Record: 3-2-0 (1-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 2-1-0 at Seattle)
2022-23: Minnesota is 1-1-0 in two games this against Seattle this season… The Wild fell by a 4-0 score at Xcel Energy Center (11/3) and earned a 1-0 win at Climate Pledge Arena (11/11)…RW Mats Zuccarello (1-0=1) has scored the Wild’s lone goal, assisted by LW Kirill Kaprizov (0-1=1) and D Jon Merrill (0-1=1)…G Marc-Andre Fleury is 1-1-0 with a 2.00 GAA, a .922 SV% and one shutout in two starts against the Kraken this season…C Morgan Geekie (1-0=1), D Jamie Oleksiak (1-0=1) and C Alex Wennerg (2-0=2) have all scored for the Kraken…G Martin Jones is 1-1-0 with a 0.51 GAA, a .977 SV% and one shutout in two starts against the Wild this season.
WILD LEADERS: LW Kirill Kaprizov leads the Wild with six points (1-5=6) in five games against the Kraken…C Ryan Hartman has five points (2-3=5) in three contests…C Joel Eriksson Ek has three points (2-1=3) in five games…D John Klingberg has three points (1-2=3) in four games.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 3-1-1 with a 2.17 GAA, a .926 SV% and one shutout in five career starts vs. the Kraken…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced Seattle.
KRAKEN LEADERS: C Jaden Schwartz leads the Kraken with 27 points (13-14=27) in 40 contests vs. Minnesota…RW Jordan Eberle has 23 points (7-16=23) in 36 games…LW Andre Burakovsky owns 16 points (4-12=16) in 25 contests.
KRAKEN GOALIES: Jones is 11-11-2 with a 2.77 GAA, a .900 SV% and five shutouts in 26 games (25 starts) against the Wild…G Philipp Grubauer is 9-6-0 with a 2.87 GAA, a .899 SV% and one shutout in 15 career starts against the Wild…G Joey Daccord has not faced Minnesota.
INJURIES
Kirill Kaprizov: lower body
John Klingberg: upper body
Gustav Nyquist: upper body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 17 – March 26, 2023
3/24/23 Reassigned F Sammy Walker to Iowa
HOME SWEET HOME
• Dating back to Nov. 19th, Minnesota is 21-6-2 at home for a .759 point percentage, tied for the most wins and ranking third in home point percentage in the NHL during that span.
• The team recorded a seven-game home win streak from Nov. 27 – Dec. 18, the fourth-longest home win streak in the NHL this season.
• In home games since Nov. 19, the Wild has allowed 2.14 goals per game and recorded a .925 save percentage, ranking second in the NHL in each category.
• Minnesota ranks sixth in the NHL with a .662 home point percentage this season and is sixth with 23 home victories.
