Preview: Wild at Panthers

SUNRISE, Fla. -- The Minnesota Wild continues a long road trip tonight, making a stop in Sunrise to do battle against the reigning Stanley Cup Champions.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Tuesday, October 22 at 5:30 p.m. CT
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena (Sunrise, Florida)
• Watch: Bally Sports North
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild vs. Panthers

Wild Record: 3-0-2, 8 points, 4th in Central Division

Panthers Record: 4-2-1, 9 points, 1st in Atlantic Division

2023-24 Series Record: 2-0-0

All-Time Wild Record: 20-9-4 (9-7-1 at Florida)

This Season on Wild vs. Panthers

Minnesota swept the season series against Florida.

Minnesota opened the 2023-24 season with a 2-0 win over Florida (10/12) and won the second meeting, 6-4, at Florida (1/19). C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-3=4), D Brock Faber (2-2=4) and LW Kirill Kaprizov (2-2=4) led the Wild with four points. LW Matt Boldy (0-3=3) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-2=3) each had three points. G Filip Gustavsson went 1-0-0 with a 2.01 GAA, a .954 SV% and one shutout in two games. G Marc-André Fleury started the second game and stopped 10-of-11 shots faced.

D Aaron Ekblad led Florida with four points (1-3=4). C Anton Lundell had two points (1-1=2). G Sergei Bobrovsky went 0-1-0 with a 4.10 GAA and a .833 SV% in two games. G Anthony Stolarz was 0-1-0 with a 2.19 GAA and a .900 SV% in the second contest.

Wild Leaders Against Panthers

• Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 31 points (15-16=31) in 29 career matches against Florida
• D Zach Bogosian owns 21 points (6-15=21) in 45 games vs. Florida
• LW Marcus Johansson has 15 points (5-10=15) in 32 games
• D Jared Spurgeon (2-10=12, in 18 games) and Kaprizov (5-7=12, in six games) each have 12 points

Panthers Leaders Against Wild

• C Aleksander Barkov leads Florida with 17 points (4- 13=17) in 18 career matches against Minnesota
• RW Matthew Tkachuk (4-6=10, in 19 games) and Ekblad (3-7=10, in 17 games) each have 10 points
• C Sam Reinhart (4-5=9, in 15 games) and D Nate Schmidt (3-6=9, in 21 games) each have nine points

Recent Transactions

The Minnesota Wild signed G Jesper Wallstedt to a two-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season (10/7).

To view more recent transactions, visit wild.com/transactions.

Connections

• Minnesota Assistant Coach Jack Capuano worked as Associate Coach with Florida for two seasons (2017-19)
• D Dmitry Kulikov collected 24 points (7-17=24) in 80 games with Minnesota in 2020-21
• Schmidt is from St. Cloud and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota (2010-13)

Fast Facts

• Minnesota has a earned a point in 14 of the 16 all-time meetings in St. Paul (11-2-3)
• The Wild’s 20 career wins against the Panthers are tied for its fifth-most against an Eastern Conference opponent

For more information on tonight's matchup, check out the game notes below.