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Gameday preview: Wild vs. St. Louis
May 1, 2021 at 2:29AM
Two-game skid matches Wild's longest of season
Preview: A whopping 14 points separate the No. 3 Wild and No. 4 Blues in the West Division, but the Blues have had the upper hand in the head-to-head series. After St. Louis rallied for a 4-3 win on Wednesday, the Blues nixed a Wild rally in overtime 5-4 in the rematch on Thursday. The Blues are 4-1 vs. the Wild this season. They've won four in a row overall.
Players to watch: Wild LW Kirill Kaprizov scored 11 goals in April. LW Kevin Fiala is coming off a three-point effort, the third time this season he's had three points or more in a game. … Blues C Ryan O'Reilly has six goals in five games vs. the Wild this season. G Jordan Binnington is 5-1 with a 1.35 goals-against average and .952 save percentage in his career against the Wild.
Numbers: The Wild hasn't lost more than two games in a row this season. C Victor Rask ended a 20-game goalless drought on Thursday. … The Blues are 8-1-1 in their past 10 games vs. the Wild. St. Louis' power play has scored in nine consecutive games.
Injuries: Blues C Oskar Sundqvist (torn ACL) and Ds Carl Gunnarsson (right knee) and Vince Dunn (upper body) are out. RW Vladimir Tarasenko (lower body) is day-to-day.
Sarah McLellan
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The Wild’s Black Friday matinée is against Chicago, a team that doesn’t win often, but when it does, it seems to be at the expense of some of the NHL’s best teams.
