NHL LIVE Seattle Kraken vs Minnesota Wild 18th April 2024 Full Game Reaction
21The Minnesota Wild will try to close out their season with three straight wins when they face off against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Minnesota (39-32-10, 87 points) is facing a long offseason after missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign. The Wild have continued to play hard despite being eliminated from postseason contention, coming off back-to-back wins over the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings.
Meanwhile, Seattle (33-35-13, 79 points) also hopes to end its season on a positive note even though it will not compete in the playoffs. The Kraken have dropped four straight against the Sharks, Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.
Kraken rookie Tye Kartye said he and his teammates have to play with maximum effort in their season finale. Kartye, 22, has 10 goals and nine assists in 76 games.
Seattle will face Wild veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.
The 39-year-old Fleury was set to become a free agent this offseason, with questions swirling around about his future in recent weeks. Fleury and the team put an end to those questions when the netminder signed a one-year, $2.5 million extension for the 2024-25 season on Wednesday.
Fleury is 17-14-5 with a 2.98 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage in 39 games (35 starts) this season. He ranks second all-time with 561 career victories, and he is one of only four goaltenders to appear in at least 1,000 games.
Fleury has faced the Kraken seven times in his career. He is 5-1-1 with a 1.98 GAA and a .935 save percentage in those contests.
Seattle could turn to Joey Daccord (18-18-11, 2.45 GAA) or Philipp Grubauer (14-16-2, 2.85 GAA) in net.
Daccord has faced Minnesota twice in his career. He is 0-2-0 with a 4.52 GAA and a .842 save percentage in those games.
Grubauer has gone up against the Wild 17 times. He is 9-7-0 with a 2.95 GAA and a .894 save percentage.
This is the third meeting between the teams this season. The Wild won the first two contests on the road -- a 3-0 win on Dec. 10 and a 5-2 victory on Feb. 24.
Kraken forward Jared McCann needs one more goal to reach 30. The ninth-year veteran has surpassed that mark once in his career, when he scored 40 last season.
Wild star forward Kirill Kaprizov will look to add to another impressive statistical campaign. Kaprizov leads the team with 95 points (45 goals, 50 assists) in 74 games.
Kraken projected lineup
Forwards
Andre Burakovsky - Matty Beniers - Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz - Kailer Yamamoto - Jared McCann
Tye Kartye - Yanni Gourde - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tomas Tatar - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Brandon Tanev
Defencemen
Ryker Evans - Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak - Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin - Justin Schultz
Goalies
Scratched: Cale Fleury, Eeli Tolvanen
Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Forwards
Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Frederick Gaudreau - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ryan Hartman
Mason Shaw - Jacob Lucchini
Defencemen
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill - Declan Chisholm
Alex Goligoski
Goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Adam Beckman, Vinni Lettieri
Injured: None
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