6:30 p.m. vs. Boston Bruins • Xcel Energy Center • TNT, 100.3-FM
Wild gameday: Bruins make lone trip to Xcel Energy Center this season
Boston is trying to climb up the standings in Atlantic Division and will be playing its second game of a back-to-back.
March 15, 2022 at 11:21PM
Wild update: The Wild has won just once at home over its past five games at Xcel Energy Center. Before then, the team went on a 12-0-1 tear in St. Paul. Since the All-Star break, the Wild's penalty kill is second-to-last in the NHL at 65.5%. The team has given up at least one power play goal in eight of the past nine games. LW Kevin Fiala has three goals and seven assists during a seven-game point streak.
Bruins update: Boston kicked off a back-to-back on Tuesday at Chicago with a 2-1 overtime win. The Bruins are on a 5-0-1 run. G Jeremy Swayman is expected to face the Wild, and he's 17-7-3 this season with a 2.06 goals-against average and .926 save percentage. Swayman was in net the only other time the Bruins played the Wild this season, a 3-2 win for the Wild at Boston on Jan. 6. Both Bruins' tallies that game came on the power play. LWs Taylor Hall and Brad Marchand were the goal scorers.
St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway was back at the team’s practice facility Wednesday and appeared to escape serious injury a day after being struck in the neck by a puck and leaving the ice on a stretcher against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
