SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild will face one final regular season match today, inviting the Ducks to Xcel Energy Center to do battle one last time before the Wild is expected to play in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. If the Wild win tonight, the team will clinch a Playoff spot.
Wild Record: 44-30-7, 95 points, 4th in Central Division
Ducks Record: 35-27-8, 78 points, 6th in Pacific Division
2024-25 Series Record: 2-0-0
All-Time Wild Record: 48-32-7 (23-13-6 at Xcel Energy Center)
Minnesota won the series-opening game, 5-2, in Anaheim (11/8) and the second game, 5-1, at Honda Center (12/6).
LW Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with six points (3-3=6). C Marco Rossi has five points (3-2=5). D Brock Faber (0-3=3) and LW Matt Boldy (1-2=3) each own three points. G Filip Gustavsson is 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and a .952 SV% in starting both games for Minnesota.
C Robby Fabbri (1-0=1), LW Brock McGinn (1-0=1) and C Mason McTavish (1-0=1) have each scored for Anaheim. G Lukas Dostal saved 26-of-31 shots faced for the Ducks in the first game. G John Gibson saved 28-of-32 shots faced for Anaheim in the second meeting
Minnesota defeated the Vancouver Canucks in overtime on Saturday night. The Canucks led the game 2-0 heading into the third period, but the Wild regained ground with an unassisted goal from Faber just 22 seconds into the period. LW Marcus Foligno evened the score 2-2 netting another Wild goal, assisted by RW Ryan Hartman and RW Justin Brazeau. RW Mats Zuccarello scored the game-winning goal in overtime, assisted by Kaprizov and Brazeau.
MIN at VAN | Recap
Reassigned D Cameron Crotty to Iowa
Signed D Zeev Buium to a three-year, entry-level contract through the 2026-27 season
Activated F Joel Eriksson Ek from Injured Reserve
Activated F Kirill Kaprizov from Long-Term Injured Reserve
Reassigned F Brendan Gaunce and F Devin Shore to Iowa
Recalled D Cameron Crotty from Iowa
Reassigned D Cameron Crotty to Iowa
Recalled D Cameron Crotty under emergency conditions from Iowa
Reassigned D Cameron Crotty and F Liam Öhgren to Iowa
To view recent transactions, visit wild.com/transactions.
Jake Middleton: upper-body injury (three games missed)
Jared Spurgeon: upper-body injury (one game missed)
For more information on today’s matchup, check out the game notes below.
