The Minnesota Wild are heading into their three-game homestand against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, Nashville Predators on Thursday and Anaheim Ducks on Saturday with two wins in a row after a largely successful three-game road trip.
The Wild defeated the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Friday and the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Sunday after losing 7-3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. The Wild earned four out of a possible six points on the trip and are now within six of the Predators — who sit in the second wild-card spot.
The Wild — who have 10 days off from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6 — aim to continue their momentum during this week's homestand before the break.
Here are the Wild's top-five scoring leaders through 46 games:
Goals: Joel Eriksson Ek (19), Kirill Kaprizov (18), Matt Boldy (15), Ryan Hartman (15) and Marco Rossi (13).
Assists: Mats Zuccarello (27), Kaprizov (24), Brock Faber (24), Eriksson Ek (17) and Boldy and Marcus Johansson (T-16)
Points: Kaprizov (42), Eriksson Ek (36), Zuccarello (35), Boldy (31) and Rossi and Faber (T-27)
Here's the most important news you may have missed from this past week:
• Jan. 21 — Three takeaways from Wild's 5-2 win over Hurricanes. Read more
• Jan. 20 — Jesper Wallstedt recalled for second time, Daemon Hunt reassigned to Iowa Wild. Read more
• Jan. 20 — Panthers forward William Lockwood to have hearing for hit on Marc-Andre Fleury. Read more
• Jan. 20 — Mason Shaw returns, plays in first game since suffering his fourth ACL surgery nine months ago. Read more
• Jan. 20 — Connor Dewar placed on injured reserve, Jake Lucchini recalled from Iowa. Read more
• Jan. 19 — Power play surge lifts Wild over Panthers after loss. Read more
• Jan. 19 — Freddy Gaudreau suffers upper-body injury in Tampa Bay, won't play against Panthers. Read more
• Jan. 18 — Jared Spurgeon out for the remainder of the 2023-24 season: How does this impact the Wild? Read more
• Jan. 18 — Wild’s three-game road trip could be the most important one of the year. Read more
• Jan. 17 — Marc-Andre Fleury joins the Pat McAfee show. Read more
• Jan. 16 — Wild general manager Bill Guerin confident team can overcome first-half struggles: ‘I expect us to compete for a playoff spot.' Read more
• Jan. 16 — 'He's a great performer': Zuccarello hits career milestone in Wild's win over Islanders. Read more
• Jan. 15 — Fleury passes Patrick Roy for sole possession of second place all-time in regular season wins. Read more
• Jan. 15 — 'The best guy I've ever played with': Fleury shuts out New York Islanders to pass Roy. Read more
• Jan. 15 — Jonas Brodin activated from long-term injured reserve. Read more