{"id":394813,"date":"2025-11-21T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/394813\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:24:20","slug":"game-preview-minnesota-wild-pittsburgh-penguins-11-21-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/394813\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview: Minnesota Wild @ Pittsburgh Penguins 11\/21\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Who:<\/strong> <strong>Minnesota Wild <\/strong>(10-7-4, 24 points, 5th place Central Division) @ <strong>Pittsburgh Penguins <\/strong>(10-5-4, 24 points, 4th place Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>How to Watch<\/strong>: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and Fanduel Sports Network North, nationally on NHL Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Pens\u2019 Path Ahead<\/strong>: The uneven schedule continues, the Pens are right back in action tomorrow night at home against Seattle. Then they get three days off to prepare for the start of a very active stretch; three games in four days next week (BUF on Wednesday, @CBJ on Friday, TOR on Saturday) and then get ready to roll into an active December that will see them play 12 games in the 23 days before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Opponent Track<\/strong>: It\u2019s been a great November for the Wild so far, they\u2019re 7-1-1 on the month, They\u2019re on a three-game winning streak having beaten Carolina in that shootout on Wednesday and 5-0-1 in the previous six games. After tonight Minnesota stays on the road for a game against Winnipeg on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Season Series:<\/strong> Pittsburgh won the first matchup 4-1 back on October 30th. Shea, Rust, Kindel and Mantha lit the lamp for the Pens in that game, Tristan Jarry stopped 26\/27 Minnesota shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Hidden Stat:<\/strong> Might not be a good night for the power plays; in nine games of November, the Wild have only given up three goals when shorthanded (and scored once while down a player)\u2026.In Pittsburgh\u2019s seven November games, they\u2019ve only given up a single goal to the opposition\u2019s PK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kirill Kaprizov &#8211; Danila Yurov &#8211; Mats Zuccarello<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Marcus Johansson &#8211; Joel Eriksson Ek &#8211; Matt Boldy<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Marcus Foligno &#8211; Yakov Trenin &#8211; Vinnie Hinostroza<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Liam Ohgren &#8211; Ben Jones &#8211; Tyler Pitlick<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jonas Brodin \/ Brock Faber<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jacob Middleton \/ Jared Spurgeon<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Goalies: <\/strong>Jesper Wallstedt and Filip Gustavsson<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Potential scratches<\/strong>: Hunter Haight, David Jiricek, Stevie Leskovar<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Injured Reserve<\/strong>: Ryan Hartman, Marco Rossi, Zach Bogosian, Nico Sturm, Vladimir Tarasenko<\/p>\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1nfb3k4i feuejx0 ls9zuh1\">\n<li class=\"feuejx1\">There\u2019s been some IR movement from a couple of weeks ago during the last MIN\/PIT game; Zuccarello is back from IR but Hartman, Tarasenko and Rossi have made their way to the injury bay since the last team Pittsburgh has seen the Wild.<\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\">The top two lines have been putting in work since Zuccarello\u2019s return six games ago. Between Boldy and Kaprizov both of the scoring lines have balance and power, capable of scoring and providing the offense that a team needs to win games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"_1eezmj01\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.pensburgh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2025\/11\/min.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,1.4120667522465,100,97.175866495507\" data-pswp-height=\"756.9999999999999\" data-pswp-width=\"757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/min.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1nfb3k4i feuejx0 ls9zuh1\">\n<li class=\"feuejx1\">Heat check alert: Boldy has four goals in the last five games, Zuccarello has four assists in the last five.<\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\">It\u2019s always funny (when it\u2019s not your team at least) when the goalie who gets paid a lot of money ends up performing worse than the other goalie on the team. Such is the case so far with Minnesota locking in Gustavsson ($6.8m cap hit starting next year) compared to the youngster in Wallstedt who looks to be living up to his potential as one of the top prospect goalies over the past few years. I\u2019m sure they don\u2019t regret it yet or anything but that quirk always seems to pop up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Connor Dewar &#8211; Sidney Crosby &#8211; Bryan Rust<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kevin Hayes &#8211; Evgeni Malkin &#8211; Anthony Mantha<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tommy Novak &#8211; Ben Kindel &#8211; Sam Poulin<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Joona Koppanen &#8211; Blake Lizotte &#8211; Danton Heinen<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Parker Wotherspoon \/ Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ryan Graves \/ Connor Clifton<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Goalies: <\/strong>Sergei Murashov and Arturs Silovs<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Potential Scratches:<\/strong> Matt Dumba, Harrison Brunicke, Philip Tomasino<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>IR:<\/strong> Ville Koivunen, Filip Hallander, Tristan Jarry, Justin Brazeau, Jack St. Ivany, Rickard Rakell (hand), Caleb Jones, Noel Acciari<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pens\u2019 2019 first round pick has failed to make a major NHL mark (13 games split across the last three seasons, no goals and two assists). He\u2019s become one heck of an AHL player, producing 15 points in 16 games this fall for Wilkes-Barre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The arrow is pointing up for him on his latest recall to the show. Poulin is looking to bring his energy and optimism back for this latest chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pens had a week to get re-acclimated to the Eastern time zone and had some time on the ice to iron out finer details of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The team also spent some time working on 3v3 situations and on the shootout, two weaker but important areas if a game gets to that point. We\u2019ll see if some of those efforts pay off tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who: Minnesota Wild (10-7-4, 24 points, 5th place Central Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (10-5-4, 24 points, 4th place&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":394814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[114893,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-394813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-game-preview","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115588148451884823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}