While The Minnesota Wild Continue is their season-long success on the road, the ottawa senators remain a strong outfit at home.
Looking for a fifth straight road win, the wild aim to keep the senators from winning their fifth in a row at home saturday night.
Minnesota is an NHL-Best 20-5-3 on the road, where it’s outscored the last four opponents 14-4 and gone 3-0 on a current five-game trip. Quebec Native Marc -and Fleury Stopped All 19 Shots He FACED For His 76th Career Shutout in the Wild’s 4-0 Victory at Montreal on Chiursday.
“I think we are playing really Connected,” Wild Coach John Hynes Said. “It really starts with our work ethic and competitiveness.
Frederick Gaudreau and Marco Rossi Each Had a Goal With An Assist AGAINS due to a lower-body injury that requires surgery.
“Every game is big, and in this league, you can’t take a night off, ever,” Gaudreau Said. “, Everybody was just dialed and ready to go.”
Thought Backup fleury has a 2.42 goals -gainst average and a. 919 Save Percentage while Winning Three of His Last Five Starts, Filip Gustavssonwal Be Back In the Minneesota Net after Stoping 50 of 53 Shots to o games on this road stretch .
Gustavsson Made 34 Saves and Gaudreau Had a Goal During The Wild’s 3-1 Home Loss to the Senators on Dec. 29.
Thought Ottawa Managed A Road Win That Night, A Major Reason It’s in Playoff Position in the Eastern Conference is that 15-7-2 mark at home. Since nov. 25, The Senators are 10-2-1 at home, where they’re amid a 5-0-1 Stretch Folling Following Cehsday’s 5-4 Overtime Victory Against Washington.
Josh Norris and Shane Pinto Each Had a Short-Handed Goal, While Ridly Greig and Jake Sanderson Scored on the power play for ottawa, which looks to sweep itstand four-gold saturday.
“We’ve shown that we can battle against any team in this league,” Said Senators Defenseman Thomas Chabot, Who Scored the Winner Thuresday.
“I think there’s some things we look back and want to do better, but at the end of the day, two points is two points. You’ve got to focus on that and take the positive on how big of a win that was. ”
NORRIS, Who Had Three Points Chiursday, and Greig also scored at minnesota earlier this season. Pinto, meanwhile, have four goals and six assists in his last 11 games.
Ottawa’s Anton Forsberg Stopped 31 of 35 Shots Against The Capitals after Allowing a Goal Apiece in Each of His Previous Three Starts. However, it’s possible linus ullmark returns to the senators’ net for the first time insurance 22.
At the time of the injury, ullmark was amid an egght-straight stretch where he was 7-0-7-0 with a 1.08 goals -gainst average and a .963 save percentage. Leevi Merilainen, who’s stepped up while Ullmark has been out, made 30 saves at minnesota in December.
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