Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Philadelphia Flyers (12-12-2, 26 points) and Minnesota Wild (15-8-5, 35 points) hit the ice at Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota for the first of two meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Philadelphia fans can hear all of the bone-crunching action on 97.5 The Fanatic while Minnesota fans can do the same on KFAN 100.3.
Philadelphia has won seven out of its last 10 games entering play while Minnesota is on an 0-3-1 skid through its last four games.
The Wild is coming off of a 3-2 loss at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday in the ultra-competitive Western Conference. The Wild blew a 2-0 lead in the third period of the game, but still coach Mike Yeo was encouraged by his team's performance.
"That's a huge point for us," Yeo told NHL.com. "It was great the way we played the game. We probably out-chanced them 2-1. We lost the skill competition at the end of the game, the shootout, whatever you want to call it. Bottom line, I really believe we deserved the win in regulation."
The Flyers started their six-game road trip in strong fashion on Saturday by notching a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators in a shootout. Steve Mason stopped 34 shots in regulation and didn't allow a goal in the tiebreaker as he backstopped Philadelphia to a victory.
"He did a great job once again," Sean Couturier told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Since the start of the year he's been unbelievable. He's making key saves at the right time and keeping us in games when we're not playing at our best."
Mason is 9-8-2 with a 2.09 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage. He'll likely by countered by Josh Harding in between the pipes for the Wild. Harding is 13-4-3 and is second in the league with a 1.52 GAA and is sixth in the league with a .936 save percentage.
Harding will try to stop a Philadelphia lineup that is led by Claude Giroux, who has 18 points on four goals and 14 assists while Brayden Schenn has seven tallies and eight helpers for 15 points and Vincent Lecavalier (nine goals, five assists) and Steve Downie (one goal, 13 assists) each have 14 points. Lecavalier is out with back spasms.
Minnesota, meanwhile, has been led by captain Zach Parise, who has 11 goals and 12 assists for 23 points while Mikko Koivu has lit the lamp six times and added 16 helpers for 22 points and Jason Pominville has found the back of the net 13 times while adding five assists for 18 points.
The Flyers will look to get to above .500 on the season while the Wild hope to win for the first time in five tries when the lights come on at Xcel Energy Center tonight in Minnesota.
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