After dropping two straight at home to Edmonton and Calgary, the Minnesota Wild hope to turn things around tonight at the X against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Wild have yet to lose three straight games this season.
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The Minnesota Wild snapped a two game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Monday night at Xcel Energy Center. Cal Clutterbuck scored a short-handed goal, and Pierre Marc-Bouchard scored the eventual game-winner. Niklas Backstrom earned the win in goal.
The Wild end a three-game road trip tonight with a stop in Edmonton to take on the slumping Oilers, who have lost four straight. Minnesota is winless in its last five games after bolting to the top of the NHL standings.
Niklas Backstrom gets the call tonight in goal as the Wild take on the Oilers in Edmonton. Last Friday, Backstrom was pulled in the first period of Minnesota’s loss to the the Oilers at the X. But Backstrom was solid in Monday’s win over Tampa Bay, so coach Mike Yeo is sticking with his starter. He says Backstrom deserves a chance to “bounce back.”
As the second half of the NHL season opens, the Nashville Predators will skate for their fifth win in the last six meetings against the Minnesota Wild. Nashville has also won five straight, while the Wild are riding a two-game winning streak as they cling to the eighth spot in the Western Conference standings.
The Wild take on the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight and four new faces will be skating for Minnesota. Greg Zanon and Mike Lundin return from injuries, and Casey Wellman and David McIntyre were called up from the team's AHL affiliate in Houston.