ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (36-24-4) is back in action tonight to host the Colorado Avalanche (39-24-2) for a big game. The Wild are four points behind the Avalanche in the standings.
After starting in the Wild's last game against the Pittsburgh Penguins for the last time in his career, Marc-Andre Fleury will back up Filip Gustavsson tonight against the Avs.
Gustavsson, 26, is 24-14-3 on the season with a 2.60 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage. He is set to face an Avalanche team that has won six-straight games.
The 6-foot-2 goaltender won his last start against the Seattle Kraken, where he stopped 33 out of 36 shots.
In his Wild career against the Avalanche, Gustavsson is 1-6-1 with a 3.90 goals-against average and a .885 save percentage in seven starts.
MacKenzie Blackwood will start tonight for the Avalanche. He is 24-16-5 this season with a 2.54 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage. He has been unreal since being traded to the Avalanche.
In 27 games with the Avs, Blackwood is 18-7-2 with a 2.22 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage.