SAINT LOUIS, Mo. — The Minnesota Wild kicks off the 2025-26 season tonight, venturing to St. Louis to challenge the Blues in a Midwest showdown.
The team is entering the season with multiple players out due to injury, with RW Mats Zuccarello and C Nico Sturm both projected to miss tonight’s match. D Jonas Brodin remains questionable for this evening and has not been ruled out, per Sarah McLellan of The Minnesota Star Tribune.
[Updated 1:37 p.m. CT] Coach John Hynes has confirmed that Brodin will not play in tonight’s match against the Blues.
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2024-25 Series Record: 3-1-0
All-Time Wild Record: 44-35-21 (17-20-12 at St. Louis)
Minnesota went 3-1-0 vs. St. Louis. The Wild won the series-opening game, 4-1, at Enterprise Center (10/15), the second contest, 4-2, in St. Louis (11/19) and the third contest, 6-4, in Saint Paul (1/7). St. Louis won the final meeting, 5-1, at Grand Casino Arena (3/15).
LW Kirill Kaprizov (2- 2=4), C Ryan Hartman (2-2=4) and D Jake Middleton (2-2=4) led Minnesota with four points each. Brodin (1-2=3), LW Marcus Johansson (1-2=3) and Zuccarello (0-3=3) each had three points. G Filip Gustavsson went 2-1-0 with a 3.24 GAA and .887 SV%, while also scoring the first goal of his hockey career, a power-play goal in the first meeting, to become the first goaltender in franchise history to find the net. G Marc-André Fleury entered the third game in relief and saved all 15 shots faced to earn the victory.
RW Jordan Kyrou led St. Louis with five points (4-1=5), including a hat trick in the series finale. RW Pavel Buchnevich (1-3=4) and C Robert Thomas (1-3=4) had four points each, G Jordan Binnington started three contests for the Blues, going 0-3-0 with a 3.75 GAA and a .859 SV%. G Joel Hofer stopped 17-of-18 shots faced to earn the win in the final game.
Filip Gustavsson with a Spectacular Powerplay Goal from St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota Wild
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