Wild gameday: Kraken has won five in a row, including shutout at Xcel
Seattle has emerged as an early NHL power in its second season in the league.
November 11, 2022 at 12:31AM
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Wild update: They beat Anaheim 4-1 on Wednesday and in the process ended a scoreless streak of 159 minutes. ... Forwards Ryan Hartman and Brandon Duhaime are out because of upper-body injuries. ... F Marcus Foligno expected to return from an upper-body injury. ... Rookie D Calen Addison is tied for the team lead with eight assists but is also a team-worst -9. ... W Kirill Kaprizov has 10 goals, third in the NHL. ... They are tied for sixth in the league with a .267 power play percentage but 20th in scoring (2.92 goals per game).
Kraken update: Seattle has a five-game win streak and is off to an 8-4-2 start, the fifth best record in the league. ... G Martin Jones, who shut out the Wild 4-0 last week at Xcel, has a 2.45 goals-against average and .907 saves percentage. ... W Andre Burakovsky (4-9-13) leads the Kraken in scoring after coming over from Stanley Cup champion Colorado and getting a five-year, $27.5 million contract. ... F Joonas Donskoi (upper body), D Jamie Oleksiak (lower body) and G Philipp Grubauer (lower body) are out.
The star forward came back from a brief injury absence, and two goals from Frederick Gaudreau helped Minnesota to another road victory.
