SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild hosts its Home Opener tonight, inviting the Blue Jackets to do battle for the first regular season game played at the recently-renamed Grand Casino Arena.
Minnesota returns to Saint Paul hot on the heels of a season-opening 5-0 shutout win over the Blues on Thursday. The shutout was G Filip Gustavsson’s second season-opening shutout (also Oct. 12, 2023). The goaltender is the first in Wild history to post a shutout in two season opening matches.
Traffic Alert!
Coming to tonight’s game? Read up on road closures around the Twin Cities and plan your route to Grand Casino Arena early.
Wild Record: 1-0-0
Blue Jackets Record: 0-1-0
2024-25 Series Record: 2-0-0
All-Time Wild Record: 35-22-11 (22-7-6 at Grand Casino Arena)
Last Time Out
MIN at STL | Recap
Minnesota went 2-0-0 against Columbus. Minnesota won the series opening game, 3-2, in St. Paul (10/10) and completed the season sweep with a 3-1 win in Columbus (10/19).
LW Matt Boldy led the Wild with four points (1- 3=4). LW Kirill Kaprizov had three points (1-2=3). LW Marcus Johansson (0- 2=2) and RW Mats Zuccarello (0-2=2) had two points each. Gustavsson went 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and a .947 SV%.
LW Kent Johnson (1-1=2) and RW Yegor Ghinako (1-1=2) led the Blue Jackets with two points each. D Zach Werenski also scored for Columbus (1-0=1). G Elvis Merzlikins saved 23-of-26 shots faced in the first game and G Daniil Tarasov stopped 31-of-34 shots faced in the second game.
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