MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
GAME BROADCASTS
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
All-Time Wild Record: 12-15-2 (7-5-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 5-10-0 at Philadelphia)
2022-23: Minnesota earned a 3-2 overtime victory in the series-opening game at Xcel Energy Center (1/26)…LW Matt Boldy led the Wild with three points (2-1=3)…RW Mats Zuccarello posted two points (1-1=2)…G MarcAndre Fleury saved 28-of-30 shots against for Minnesota…LW Noah Cates (1-0=1) and D Tony DeAngelo (1-0=1) scored goals for Philadephia…G Carter Hart stopped 20-of-23 shots faced for the Flyers.
WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads the Wild with 19 points (5-14=19) in 30 matches against the Flyers…LW Marcus Johansson has 18 points (7-11=18) in 38 games…D Alex Goligoski owns 16 points (5-11=16) in 31 contests…D Jared Spurgeon has recorded nine points (1-8=9) in 16 games.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 32-19-2 with a 2.86 GAA, a .902 SV% and three shutouts in 59 career games against Philadelphia…G Filip Gustavsson has
not appeared in a game against Philadelphia.
FLYERS LEADERS: LW James van Riemsdyk (8-1=9 in 17 games) and DeAngelo (2-7=9 in 10 games) lead the Flyers with nine points each against the Wild…RW Cam Atkinson has eight points (6-2=8) in 16 games…D Ryan Ellis owns eight points (3-5=8) in 32 contests.
FLYERS GOALIES: Hart is 1-2-1 with a 3.78 GAA and a .881 SV% in four starts against the Wild…G Felix Sandstrom has not faced Minnesota.
FAST FACTS: The Wild is 6-2-0 in its last eight contests against the Flyers and have won the last four meetings between the two teams…Minnesota’s five goals on March 3, 2022, set a new team-high against Philadelphia… Minnesota has posted back-to-back shutouts twice against Philadelphia (last, 11/11-11/14/17)…First time was Feb. 10-12, 2003, which also marked the first back-to-back shutouts in team history…The Wild has shutout the Flyers five times in the 28 all-time meetings – tied for its most shutouts against an Eastern Conference team.
INJURIES
Kirill Kaprizov: lower body
Gustav Nyquist: upper body
Jared Spurgeon: non-COVID illness
FINDING THEIR GROOVE
• Since March 1, the Wild is tied for second in the NHL with 16 points (7-1-2), tied for third in point percentage (.800) and wins.
• Since Feb. 11, Minnesota is first in the NHL with 32 points (14-2-4), second with a .800 point percentage and tied for second in wins.
• In five games since March 11 the Wild has scored 4.33 goals per game, the sixth-best rate in the NHL during that span.
• The Wild recorded a franchise-record 14-game point streak (11-0-3) from Feb. 17 to March 15. The streak is tied for the third-longest in the
NHL this season
• Since Feb. 11, the Wild leads the NHL with a .937 team save percentage and has allowed a league-low 2.00 goals per game.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• Minnesota owns an active nine-game road point streak (7-0-2), tied for third-longest in franchise history. The Wild’s last regulation loss on the road came Feb. 8 at DAL.
• Since Feb. 23, the Wild ranks first in the NHL with a 2.00 road GAA and second with a .940 road SV%.
ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild has converted 26.1 percent (29 of 111) of power-play opportunities at home this season, seventh-best in the NHL.
• Since Jan. 19, Minnesota ranks tied for fourth in the NHL with 18 powerplay goals.
PENALTY KILLERS
• Recorded a streak of 27 consecutive successful penalty kills across 14 total games from 2/6 to 3/2. Did not allow a power-play goal in 12 consecutive games from 2/8 – 2/28, the longest streak in the NHL this season, tied for the longest streak in franchise history and tied for the 13th-longest streak in the NHL’s Expansion Era (since 1967-68 season).
SHORT (HANDED) KINGS
• Minnesota is tied for fifth in the NHL with nine shorthanded goals this season.
• The total is tied for the third-highest in franchise history through a season’s first 70 games (11 goals in 2000-01, 01-02 seasons; nine goals in 2002-03, 06-07 seasons).
• Minnesota has not eclipsed nine shorthanded goals in season since recording doing so during the 2008-09 campaign
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Minnesota Wild
Wells Fargo Center
TV: ESPN | Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 70
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 70
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 70
Travis Konecny IR-upper body 2/21-present 12
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 368
FLYERS VS. WILD: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS WILD
16-10-3 ALL-TIME RECORD 12-15-2
10-4-1 HOME 7-5-2
6-6-2 ROAD 5-10-0
1-3-1 LAST 5 MEETINGS 4-1-0
4-5-1 LAST 10 MEETINGS 6-4-0
82 GOALS SCORED 64
20.4% POWER PLAY 13.5%
86.5% PENALTY KILL 79.6%
DeAngelo: 9 pts (2-7=9) in 10 GP
van Riemsdyk: 9 pts (8-1=9) in 17 GP
Two players tied at 5 pts
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Zuccarello: 19 pts (5-14=19) in 38 GP
Johansson: 18 pts (7-11=18) in 38 GP
Goligoski: 16 pts (5-11=16) in 31 GP
Hart: 1-2-1, 3.78 GAA, .881 SV% in 4 GP
Sandstrom: Has not faced MIN
TEAM GOALTENDERS Fleury: 32-19-2, 2.86 GAA, .902 SV%, 3 SO in 59 GP
Gustavsson: Has not faced PHI
2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
January 26 Xcel Energy Center MIN (3), PHI (2) OT
March 23 Wells Fargo Center 6:30 p.m
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/20 – Recalled D Egor Zamula from Lehigh Valley (AHL)
3/15 – Loaned G Samuel Ersson to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
3/14 – Recalled F Tyson Foerster and G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on an emergency basis
TEAM NOTES
HOME COOKIN’
- Philadelphia continues its season-high seven-game homestand Thursday (March 14-28), posting a 2-1-1 record after four games of the homestand.
- The Flyers have played in five extra session games in the last 11 home contests, posting a 1-4 record in those games. Flyers are 1-5 in extra play games at home this season.
- Philadelphia is 8-7-4 in its last 19 home games and 14-16-5 in 35 home games this season.
- The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 14 of its last 22 home games. The Flyers are 13-4-3 at home this season when scoring three-plus goals.
QUICK HITS
- Philadelphia is on a three-game point streak, 2-0-1, outscoring its opponents 15-10 during the streak.
- The Flyers tied their season-high six goals Tuesday night vs. FLA, including three second period goals in a span of 2:01. Per NHL Stats, the last time Philadelphia scored as many goals in 121 seconds or fewer was Feb. 8, 2020 at WSH (105 seconds).
- The Flyers tallied 40 hits Feb. 11 vs. NSH for their sixth game of 40-plus hits this season. The six games of 40-plus hits are the most in a single season since recording 13 games during the 2014-15 season.
- Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Feb. 12 at CGY for its fifth game of the season with 30-plus blocked shots – the most 30-plus blocked shot games in a Flyers season since 2005-06. The Flyers tallied a season-high 32 blocked shots Oct. 27 vs. FLA.
- The Flyers rank third in the NHL with 1,233 blocked shots and fourth with 1,943 hits.
