Preview: Wild vs. Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Minnesota Wild head to San Jose tonight to seek redemption after a hard loss to the Kings in St. Paul on Tuesday.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Thursday, November 7 at 9:30 p.m. CT
• Where: SAP Center (San Jose, California)
• Watch: FanDuel Sports Network
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild vs. Sharks

Wild Record: 8-2-2, 18 points, 2nd in Central Division

Sharks Record: 4-8-2, 10 points, 8th in Pacific Division

2023-24 Series Record: 3-0-0

All-Time Wild Record: 40-36-9 (18-21-4 at San Jose)

Last Season on Wild vs. Sharks

Minnesota went 3-0-0 in the series against San Jose.

The Wild won the series-opening game, 4-3, at Xcel Energy Center (3/3), earned a 3-1 win in the second game in St. Paul (3/28) and swept the series with a 6-2 win in San Jose (4/13).

LW Kirill Kaprizov led Minnesota with eight points (5- 3=8). LW Matt Boldy tallied six points (2-4=6). D Jonas Brodin (0-3=3) and C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-2=3) had three points each. G Filip Gustavsson went 2-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .905 SV%. G Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27-of-29 shots in the third game.

C Mikael Granlund led San Jose with four points (2-2=4). D Mario Ferraro (1-1=2) and D Jan Rutta (1-1=2) had two points each. G Mackenzie Blackwood went 0-2-0 with a 4.02 GAA and a .884 SV% in two starts. G Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 28-of-32 shots faced in the first game.

Wild Leaders Against Sharks

• RW Mats Zuccarello leads the Wild with 26 points (9- 17=26) in 29 career contests against the Sharks
• Kaprizov (10-8=18, in 16 games) and D Jared Spurgeon (8-10=18, in 41 games) have 18 points each
• C Ryan Hartman owns 15 points (2-13=15) in 25 games

Sharks Leaders Against Wild

• C Logan Couture leads San Jose with 30 points (14- 16=30) in 45 career games against Minnesota
• RW Tyler Toffoli has 20 points (10-10=20) in 30 games
• D Marc-Edouard Vlasic has 14 points (1-13=14) in 60 games
• Granlund has 11 points (3-8=11) in 16 games

Recent Transactions

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Connections

• Minnesota President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin skated in 16 games with San Jose during the 2006-07 season
• D Jake Middleton recorded 12 points (3-9=12) and 82 PIM in 59 games for San Jose in parts of four seasons (2018-22)
• Granlund was selected by Minnesota in the first round of the 2010 NHL Draft (9th overall) and tallied 317 points (93-224=317) in 461 games in parts of seven seasons with the Wild (2012-19)
• C Luke Kunin was drafted by Minnesota in the first round (15th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft and totaled 52 points (23-29=52) in 131 games in three seasons with the Wild (2017-20)
• C Nico Sturm tallied 36 points (20-16=36) in 111 games in parts of four seasons with the Wild (2018-22)

Fast Facts

• Minnesota has won nine of the last 12 meetings (9-2-1) vs. San Jose
• Minnesota is 14-6-2 in its last 22 contests against the Sharks at Xcel Energy Center
• The Wild has points in 10 of the last 15 games played at SAP Center at San Jose (9-5-1)

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