No. 1 Minnesota Wild Crush Sharks, Draw Tampa Test

On Friday, Buffalo beat Columbus 5–2, Anaheim beat Calgary 5–3, and Minnesota beat San Jose 4–1. The No. 1 Wild’s three-goal win puts the league’s top-ranked team into Saturday’s matchup with No. 5 Tampa Bay. Saturday’s slate also features Florida at Washington, St. Louis at Nashville, the Rangers at Seattle, Montréal at Toronto, Utah at Ottawa, and New Jersey at the Islanders. The other five games are Chicago at Carolina, San Jose at Dallas, Detroit at Colorado, Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, and Vancouver at Edmonton.