The Minnesota Wild attempt to not hit a six-game losing streak for the second year in a row tonight when the Pittsburgh Penguins come to Xcel Energy Center.
Want to get ready for the game? Tyler’s got your game preview ready to go.
Here are the updated forward lines for tonight as well:
In addition, Jonathon Blum and Jordan Schroeder are healthy scratches.
Here are your Minnesota Wild TV listings:
TV: NBCSN
Live Streaming: NBC Live Extra (no NHL Gamecenter tonight)
Radio: KFAN 100.3 FM
Radio Streaming: KFAN on I Heart Radio
Here are a few reads to take in before tonight’s game:
– A look through the numbers about what’s really different this year during the mid-season slump from last year by me (self plug!) at Right Here, Where You Are Now.
– The Hockey Wilderness Podcast. I sat about and talked with Tony, Ger, and The Noogie from the Hockey Wilderness crew yesterday to talk about the Wild.
– The Wild Should Embrace Being Bad, Because the Reward Could Be Good by Derek Felska at Gone Puck Wild. (Here! Again!)
– Garbage Goaltending: How Did the Minnesota Wild Get Here by Tony Abbott at Hockey Wilderness.
– Goaltending Dragging Down Good Wild Team by Ryan Wilson at Hockey Prospectus.
– Boogie with the Noogie: The Easy Fix by The Noogie at Hockey Wilderness.
– Wild at the Halfway Point: An All-Around Failure by Giles Ferrell at Wild Xtra.
– The Impact of Firing a Coach on Fenwick% by Hawerchuk at Artic Ice Hockey. (From 2011, relevant today.)
– Hockey Day Minnesota Preview at Wild.com.