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Gameday preview: Wild at San Jose
April 24, 2021 at 3:46AM
Back-to-back wraps up road trip
Preview: This is the final stop on a four-game road trip before the Wild returns home for seven in a row. The Wild is 4-2-1 vs. the Sharks. These two teams faced off just last week, with the Wild sweeping both games. But the team is 1-1-1 in San Jose.
Players to watch: Wild RW Mats Zuccarello has three goals in his past three games against the Sharks. D Jonas Brodin is one game shy of 600. … Sharks C Tomas Hertl has two goals and an assist over his past four games. D Erik Karlsson has two goals and three assists in six games vs. the Wild this season.
Numbers: The Wild is 5-1-1 in the second half of a back-to-back. The team has given up nine goals in three games at San Jose this season. … The Sharks have dropped seven in a row. San Jose RW Patrick Marleau has played 900 consecutive games.
Injuries: Sharks LW Matt Nieto (lower body) is out.
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