The No. 3 Wild bring a three-game winning streak and a commanding shot-volume edge into a test against Sorokin and the Islanders.
Minnesota brings a three-game win streak and a 9-3-2 record (20 points) into Grand Casino Arena; the Islanders are 6-4-2 with 14 points. The power index puts the Wild third at 92.2 and New York 15th at 63.9. Kirill Kaprizov has 23 points, including 14 goals in 14 games, while Islanders scoring leader Bo Horvat has 13 points and Ilya Sorokin owns a .918 save percentage. The key is whether Sorokin can slow Kaprizov and New York can close the shot-volume gap: Minnesota averages a +6.2 shots-on-goal differential per game, compared with the Islanders’ -0.2.