Team Records:
Wild: 5 - 5 - 1 (11 pts)
Kings: 7 - 6 - 1 (15 pts)
Kings Notes:
No forward in the league has more blocked shots than Anze Kopitar (18).
The Doughty-Anderson defensive pairing has 225 shot attempts for, the second-most in the league behind Carolina's Slavin-Burns pairing (241).
With his secondary assist on Blake Lizotte's third period goal Saturday night against the Panthers, Arthur Kaliyev extended his point streak to a career-long four games (2-2=4). He has registered six points (3-3=6) in his last seven games.
The Kings' 33 five-on-five goals this season rank tied for first in the league.
Wild Notes:
Jordan Greenway is set to return from an upper-body injury and rejoin the Wild's lineup. Greenway has played in just one period this season.
Since surrendering four goals on 14 shots against the Kings on October 15th, Marc-Andre Fleury has gone 5-1-1.
Who to Watch:
Drew Doughty, who has tallied at least a point in each of his last five games against the Wild (2-5=7), dating back to Feb. 2, 2021. His five-game point streak against Minnesota if the second-longest active streak against such team in the league behind Colorado's Mikko Rantanen's of nine games (7-7=14).
Kirill Kaprisov, who leads the Wild in goals (8) and points (13) through 11 games. In 12 career against the Kings, Kaprisov has notched 13 points (8-5=13) and holds a +5 plus/minus rating.
