Wild-Flyers preview: Fleury starts, Spurgeon likely to return tonight
The Wild and Flyers square off at 5:30 p.m. with Minnesota looking to extend its road points streak.
March 23, 2023 at 3:27PM
Wild update: The Wild can sweep their trip after their 2-1 overtime win Tuesday at New Jersey extended their point streak on the road to nine games. This 7-0-2 run is tied for the third longest in team history. Overall since March 1, the Wild are 7-1-2. RW Matt Boldy has six goals and four assists during a season-high six-game point streak. Four of those goals have come in Boldy's last two games. Marc-Andre Fleury will start in goal and captain Jared Spurgeon, who missed the Jersey game because of illness, should return.
Flyers update: The Flyers are near the bottom of the Eastern Conference, but they've snagged a least a point in three consecutive games. On Tuesday, they upended the Panthers 6-3 after an overtime loss to the Hurricanes and a win over the Sabres last week. Leading scorer Travis Konecny has missed the past 12 games with an upper-body injury. Former Minnesota-Duluth F Noah Cates, who's from Stillwater, has 11 goals and 20 assists in 70 games.
The forward and new father needed a reset after a 2023-24 season in which he scored only five goals while starting a five-year, $10.5 million contract.
