The Minnesota Wild fought but couldn't find the way back in a 5-4 loss to the Calgary Flames in a chippy game Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. It was a physical battle that included a Jakub Lauko-Ryan Lomberg fight and saw Marc-Andre Fleury get punched in the face during a second-period scrum.
While still holding the best road record in the NHL, Minnesota fell to below .500 at home (11-12-1) with the loss.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon were back in the Minnesota Wild lineup Thursday night, but it didn’t give them the spark they had hoped for in a 4-0 loss to the Utah Hockey Club at Xcel Energy Center.
The Wild have a hard time explaining why there’s been such a difference in home/road splits this season. They boast a .740 points percentage (tops in the NHL) on the road so far, and .500 at home (23rd in NHL). Their Corsi-For per 60 at home in five-on-five play is 54.65 (30th in the league), and 55.03 on the road (23rd).
Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames used their power play to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Saturday night. Kuzmenko and Rasmus Andersson each had a power-play goal, and Martin Pospisil and Clark Bishop also scored for Calgary.
Filip Forsberg had two goals and two assists for the Nashville Predators in a 6-2 win against the Minnesota Wild at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.
He ended the game in the top six playing with Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov. The Wild's 2022 19th overall pick was rewarded in a game where he played great in. He now will start the game on Saturday against the Flames in a top-six role.
Filip Forsberg had two goals and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to their third consecutive victory, 6-2 over the Minnesota Wild.
Andrei Kuzmenko tallied two goals and an assist and the Calgary Flames escaped with a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Kevin Bahl won’t return for Saturday evening’s game. The Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild met for the second time in the 2024-25 season on Saturday. In the second period, Bahl was protecting the puck behind the net when Wild forward Jakub Lauko hit him from behind.
Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday.
The Wild went 3-for-3 on fights in the opening six minutes of their matchup, taking out some frustration on Nashville. However, Minnesota may have burned off all of its energy exacting revenge. With the fighting out of the way, the Predators — third from last in the Western Conference — might win the game.