Key netminders face off as the Wild and Flames clash. Discover which goalie's performance will dictate the game's outcome.
ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (30-14-10) is back in action tonight to face the Calgary Flames (21-25-6).
Here is tonights starting goaltending matchup.
After getting the last game off when Jesper Wallstedt started, Filip Gustavsson will start tonight.
Gustavsson, 27, is 17-9-6 on the year with a 2.62 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage with three shutouts in 33 games this season.
The Wild have played the Flames twice this season and is 1-1-0. Gustavsson stopped 27-of-30 shots faced in the second game against Calgary in the loss.
In his career against the Flames, Gustavsson is 5-2-2 with a 1.90 goals-against average, a .938 save percentage and has two shutouts in ten games and nine career starts.
Devin Cooley is projected to start tonight for the Flames. He saved 17-of-18 shots faced for Calgary in the first matchup in the win. Dustin Wold started the second game.
Cooley, 28, is 6-5-3 with 2.17 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage in 17 games and 14 starts.
In his one career start against Minnesota, Cooley is 0-1-0 with a 1.04 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage in his lone start (11/9/25) against the Wild.
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