Penguins Vs Wild Live Stream: Watch Online Free 8:10 ET Saturday Minnesota Looks To Extend Wild Card Lead
Penguins vs Wild live stream: Watch online free 8:10 ET Saturday as Minnesota looks to extend its lead for the first wild card spot while Pittsburgh looks to get hot going into the playoffs.
The Penguins (49-23-5) will go into Minnesota vs the Wild (39-26-12) for the second and final meeting this season. The Pens scored five back in December when they last met and Pitts' offense woke up on Thursday as it scored goals for its third win and four games. Watch the free live stream online as this game means more for the Wild who hold a somewhat comfortable lead for the first wild card spot.
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The Wild's remaining schedule isn't easy, but four of their final five games will be at Xcel Energy Center, including their last three.
"Usually when you go off on a long road trip, you want to get off to a good start," coach Mike Yeo told NHL.com. "Looking at this road trip, obviously that St. Louis game, nobody can feel good about that, but getting five out of our next six points, against tough teams, I think that's something we have to feel good about."
Sidney Crosby ran his point streak to six games with a pair of assists and Martin, playing his first game since missing 18 with a broken hand, scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, according to ESPN.com.
"To be able to play that type of game after being out with an injury to his hand, I thought he was excellent," coach Dan Bylsma said of Martin, who led all skaters with 23:46 of ice time. "Just the execution also on our power play was noticeable for our group in that regard. He is out in all situations. It was clearly evident what getting him back in our lineup can do for our team."
Injury report, according to NHL.com:
"Pittsburgh will be without forwards Jussi Jokinen (upper body), Chris Conner(broken foot), Pascal Dupuis (knee), Marcel Goc (foot), Evgeni Malkin (foot), defensemen Kris Letang (stroke) and Joe Vitale (upper body) and goaltender Tomas Vokoun (pelvis). ... The Wild have their own injury problems: Forwards Mikael Granlund (upper body) and Jason Zucker (quad), defenseman Clayton Stoner (lower body) and goaltenders Darcy Kuemper (upper body), Josh Harding (illness) and Niklas Backstrom (abdominal) are out. Forward Nino Niederreiter (upper body) and defenseman Keith Ballard (groin) are expected to be available. Niederreiter did not play Thursday at Chicago and Ballard has missed the past nine games."