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Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets
Sunday at 4 p.m., MTS Centre
ABOUT THE WILD
Minnesota was holding down second spot in the Western Conference heading into the weekend. The Wild hosted the New York Rangers at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Saturday night before making the trip north for Sunday’s late-afternoon clash with Winnipeg.
The Wild lead the season series 4-0-0 against the Jets, claiming a pair of victories at home and two more at MTS Centre, including a 6-5 triumph Feb. 28, the last time the clubs met. LW Jason Zucker scored with just 2:10 left in the third period to break a 5-5 tie. Minnesota G Devan Dubnyk was between the pipes for all four victories over Winnipeg, although he came on in relief of G Darcy Kuemper in the fourth meeting.
C Mikael Granlund is having a career year, leading the club with 24 goals and 65 points prior to Saturday’s action. Veteran C Eric Staal has rejuvenated his career with the Wild, scoring 23 goals and 53 points, while C Mikko Koivu is right behind with 18 goals and 52 points.
Prior to Saturday, C Martin Hanzal had gone seven games without a goal but had four assists since being acquired from the Arizona Coyotes a few days before the NHL trade deadline.
WINNIPEG JETS
34 Michael Hutchinson G
37 Connor Hellebuyck G
4 Paul Postma D
5 Mark Stuart D
7 Ben Chiarot D
8 Jacob Trouba D
9 Andrew Copp C
16 Shawn Matthias LW
17 Adam Lowry C
18 Bryan Little C
19 Nic Petan LW
22 Chris Thorburn RW
26 Blake Wheeler RW (C)
27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW
29 Patrik Laine RW
33 Dustin Byfuglien D (A)
40 Joel Armia RW
44 Josh Morrissey D
55 Mark Scheifele C (A)
56 Marko Dano C
71 Julian Melchiori D
85 Mathieu Perreault C
Head coach: Paul Maurice
Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft
Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty
MINNESOTA WILD
35 Darcy Kuemper G
40 Devan Dubnyk G
3 Charlie Coyle C
5 Christian Folin D
6 Marco Scandella D
7 Chris Stewart RW
9 Mikko Koivu C (C)
10 Jordan Schroeder C
11 Zach Parise LW (A)
12 Eric Staal C
16 Jason Zucker LW
19 Martin Hanzal C
20 Ryan Suter D (A)
21 Ryan White C
22 Nino Niederreiter RW
23 Gustav Olofsson D
24 Matt Dumba D
25 Jonas Brodin D
29 Jason Pominville RW
39 Nate Prosser D
44 Tyler Graovac C
46 Jared Spurgeon D
56 Erik Haula C
64 Mikael Granlund C
Head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Assistant coaches: John Anderson, Scott Stevens, Darby Hendrickson
Goaltending coach: Bob Mason
— Jason Bell
