The Capitals have had an up-and-down start to the season.
They've dropped two straight, getting outscored 12-5 in that span.
And superstar Alex Ovechkin has been mostly quiet the past four games with only one assist.
But don't expect that to make the Wild view Saturday night's tilt in the nation's capital as being any easier.
"Oh, it's a cringe time because that team is not used to losing and I'm sure they're hearing it (Friday)," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "For some reason, I follow that team a little bit and that doesn't happen very often where they get beat badly and don't come back with their best game the next night."
Boudreau was behind the bench for the Capitals for parts of five seasons before eventually landing in Minnesota and while he had a front-row seat to the team's talent on a nightly basis, it's well-known how dangerous the Capitals can be – especially on the power play.
In Washington's most-recent matchup against Minnesota last season, Ovechkin buried three power-play goals en route to a 5-4 overtime win for the Capitals at Xcel Energy Center March 28. It was the most power-play goals given up by the Wild in a single game.
Washington's unit hasn't been as potent to start the season, checking in at 19.4 percent (15th in the NHL), but it has tallied a power-play marker in each of its past two games.
