WILD PREVIEW
7 p.m. Saturday at St. Louis Blues, Enterprise Center
TV; radio: BSN; 100.3 FM
Morning skate update: Marc-Andre Fleury will make his fourth consecutive start in goal for the Wild.
Stats and analytics: Tap here.
Sarah McLellan’s analysis:
Opening bell: The Wild aren’t the only ones chasing Vegas for the last wild-card seed in the Western Conference. So are the Blues, who trail the Wild by two points; the Wild (33-27-7) are four behind the Golden Knights. That means this game is crucial to each team’s playoff hopes. Although the Wild are on a 5-0-1 roll, they were dumped 3-1 by St. Louis (34-29-3) before that run started. The Blues have also won eight of the past 10 matchups against the Wild in St. Louis.
Watch him: LW Kirill Kaprizov is one point shy of 75, which would match his output from last season when he posted 40 goals and 35 assists in 67 games. That this season is turning into one of Kaprizov’s most fruitful in the NHL is a testament to his second-half surge: in his last 23 games, Kaprizov has racked up 21 goals and 17 assists. During his current six-game point streak, he’s recorded eight goals and three assists.
