6 p.m. at Philadelphia, BSN, 100.3-FM
Wild gameday: In a slump, the team has back-to-backs in short road trip
Philadelphia and Buffalo are the next two opponents as the Wild tries to end a four-game losing streak.
March 2, 2022 at 10:52PM
Wild update: After a 5-1 loss to Calgary on Tuesday, the Wild begins a two-game trip at Philadelphia on Thursday before visiting Buffalo on Friday. The Wild, which has lost four in a row and six of seven, has been outscored 34-20 in those seven games. … G Cam Talbot has given up 17 goals in his past four games and Kaapo Kahkonen 14 in his past four games. … D Matt Dumba (lower body injury) is on the trip. F Jordan Greenway (upper body) has missed the past three games but is skating.
Flyers update: They are in last place in the Metropolitan Division after a 3-0 home loss to Edmonton on Tuesday. Former Wild coach Mike Yeo is the Flyers interim coach, taking over Dec. 6 for the fired Alain Vigneault. ... Philadelphia is 12-17-6 under Yeo, enduring a brutal January in which it went 0-10-3. … They have given up the first goal 31 times and is 3-24-4 in those games. … C Claude Giroux, who'll be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, has been the subject of trade speculation. He is tied for the team lead with 39 points on 17 goals and 22 assists. … Carter Hart (10-17-6, 2.87 goals-against average, .912 save percentage) and Martin Jones (6-10-3, 3.51, .898) have split starts in goal.
For the Wild, four points behind the league-leading Jets, this will be their most anticipated matchup against a division rival since they lost 2-1 to the Stars on Nov. 16.
