6:30 p.m. vs. Boston Bruins • Xcel Energy Center • TNT, 100.3-FM
Wild update: The Wild has won just once at home over its past five games at Xcel Energy Center. Before then, the team went on a 12-0-1 tear in St. Paul. Since the All-Star break, the Wild's penalty kill is second-to-last in the NHL at 65.5%. The team has given up at least one power play goal in eight of the past nine games. LW Kevin Fiala has three goals and seven assists during a seven-game point streak.
Bruins update: Boston kicked off a back-to-back on Tuesday at Chicago with a 2-1 overtime win. The Bruins are on a 5-0-1 run. G Jeremy Swayman is expected to face the Wild, and he's 17-7-3 this season with a 2.06 goals-against average and .926 save percentage. Swayman was in net the only other time the Bruins played the Wild this season, a 3-2 win for the Wild at Boston on Jan. 6. Both Bruins' tallies that game came on the power play. LWs Taylor Hall and Brad Marchand were the goal scorers.