The top-ranked Wild bring a three-game win streak into a rematch with a Lightning team that won their first meeting.
Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena, Minnesota puts its league-best power-index standing and three-game win streak against Tampa Bay’s two straight wins. The Wild are 12-3-3 with 27 points and rank No. 1; the Lightning are 10-3-2 with 22 points and rank No. 5. Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov leads the matchup with 29 points in 17 games, while Tampa’s Nikita Kucherov has 19 in 14. Goaltending could decide the rematch: Jesper Wallstedt has a .920 save percentage, Andrei Vasilevskiy .890, and Tampa won the first meeting 3-2.