Currently occupying the top position of the Central Division, the Minnesota Wild will try to remain there after hosting the Seattle Kraken (4th in Pacific), who have triumphed in three of their past five outings.
The Seattle Kraken (40-24-8) went 2-0-1 on their current four-game road trip after posting their third victory in the past five outings (3-1-1) following a 7-2 triumph against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday. Eeli Tolvanen (17 goals, 29 points this year), who was claimed by Seattle off waivers from Nashville on Dec. 12, bagged two snipes against his former team, while Jared McCann (35 markers, 59 points) picked up a goal and two assists for the Kraken, who tallied four unanswered strikes in the final third after the Preds cut it to 3-2 just 53 seconds into the last period. Seattle currently holds the 1st Wild Card of the Western Conference, sitting just three points behind the Edmonton Oilers for the 3rd place in the Pacific Division with a game in hand.
Goalie Philipp Grubauer stopped 14 shots on Saturday and has now gone 14-12-4 for the season with a 2.99 GAA and a .892 save percentage. He has registered a 9-6-0 career record against the Minnesota Wild with a 2.87 GAA and a .899 save percentage. The Kraken, meanwhile, are netting the 4th highest number of goals per game this season (3.51), while allowing the 16th highest quantity on the defensive end (3.15). They are 25th in power play with a 19.2% success rate and 26th in penalty kill with 75.0% effectiveness.
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