The Minnesota Wild visit the Philadelphia Flyers at 7 p.m. EST Tuesday — the teams’ first meeting of the 2026–27 NHL season.
Minnesota has won its last four road games. The Wild are 5-3-2 away from home and 10-3-3 overall. They are 5-1-1 this season when converting at least one power-play opportunity.
Philadelphia is 4-8-4 overall and 2-3-3 at home. The Flyers are 0-4-2 this season when they take more penalties than their opponent.
Flyers center Christian Dvorak has three goals and four assists. Forward Matvei Michkov has eight goals and two assists over his past 10 games. Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek has five goals and nine assists. Left wing Kirill Kaprizov has nine goals and seven assists over his last 10 games.
The Flyers are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. They average 2.8 goals scored and allow 2.8 per game. The Wild are 6-2-2 over their last 10, scoring 3.3 goals per game and allowing 2.5.
Flyers forward Nikita Grebenkin and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen are both out with upper-body injuries. Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon (undisclosed), goaltender Filip Gustavsson (hip), forward Nick Foligno (upper body), forward Marcus Foligno (lower body) and defenseman Brock Faber (skull) are all unavailable.
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