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It’s an interconference clash between a pair of teams that opened their season on a positive note as they lock up in the 6ix looking to remain unbeaten. The Minnesota Wild are on the road as they make the trip north to face the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night. Minnesota opened their season by blanking Florida 2-0 at home Thursday night in their previous contest. Toronto rallied to drop Montreal 6-5 in a shootout at home Wednesday night in their season opener. In the last 10 meetings, the Maple Leafs own a 7-2-1 advantage and have won the last three meetings, including a 2-1 overtime win at home in the most recent contest on February 24.
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Minnesota played solid defensive zone hockey and got some timely offense as they downed the Panthers in their season opener Thursday night. The Wild hope that they can carry that over on the road here as they face a Toronto team that has plenty of offensive firepower. Minnesota entered Friday tied for 22nd in goals per game this season as they put up an average of two goals a night. The Wild are 1st in goals against as they have allowed zero goals per contest this season. Minnesota is tied for 6th in power play success as they have converted 25% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Wild stands tied for 1st in penalty killing as they have successfully worked through 100% of their shorthanded situations on the year.
Against Florida, there wasn’t much offense to be had but the Wild found enough of it to end up with the victory at ho me. Minnesota was outshot 14-5 in the opening period but skated to the dressing room with a 1-0 advantage on the scoreboard after 20 minutes of play. Brock Faber scored his first NHL goal at the 7:54 mark of the period off assists from Matt Boldy and Joel Eriksson Ek to give the Wild the only marker they would need on the night. In the second period, Minnesota was outshot 12-11 but outscored Florida 1-0 to double their lead at the second intermission. Eriksson Ek made it a 2-0 game with his first goal of the season, on the power play, at 12:56 off assists from Mats Zuccarello and Kirill Kaprizov. In the third period, Minnesota was outshot 15-5 with neither team denting the twine, giving Minnesota the win. Filip Gustavsson made 41 saves for the Wild, who were outshot 41-21, to earn the shutout victory. Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to get his first start of the season between the pipes in this contest.
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