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Minnesota Wild @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Wild

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Wallstedt	11	2	3	0	1.99	.922
C. Pickard	1	1	1	0	3.60	.855

Penguins

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Silovs	5	6	1	2	3.35	.873
S. Murashov	1	4	1	0	3.52	.880

PPG Paints Arena

6:00 PM, January 1, 2027

Pittsburgh, PA

MIN

PIT

Points

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

31PTS

16G

15A

Erik KarlssonD #65

18PTS

15A

Goals

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

16G

5PPG

61S

Tommy NovakC #18

0PPG

32S

Assists

Quinn HughesD #43

20A

8PPA

9+/-

Erik KarlssonD #65

15A

5PPA

-6+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MIN	3.32	2.26	29.7	25.6	170	18	26.9	13	78.3	0	0
PIT	3.17	3.56	27.3	27.3	116	11	20.4	11	76.6	2	0

Minnesota Wild

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Michael McCarron C	Day-To-Day	Nov 10
Filip Gustavsson G	IR-LT	Nov 19
Brock Faber D	IR	Nov 14

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Ville Koivunen RW	Day-To-Day	Nov 11
Elmer Soderblom LW	IR	Nov 14
Bryan Rust RW	IR	Dec 5
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	IR	Nov 11
Ryan Graves D	IR	Nov 28

Wild Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	vsTB	L4-3 OT
11/6/26	vsSJ	W4-1
11/3/26	@PHI	W4-2
11/1/26	@WSH	W5-1
10/29/26	vsNYI	L4-3 OT

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@ANA	L5-2
11/7/26	@LA	W5-2
11/5/26	vsBOS	L6-2
11/3/26	vsVGK	L3-2
10/31/26	@MTL	L5-4

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/1

Wild
Penguins

Game 1

1/1

Penguins
Wild

Game 2

2/23

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Minnesota	12	3	4	28
Dallas	10	5	2	22
Colorado	10	6	2	22
Nashville	8	4	5	21
Utah	10	7	1	21
Winnipeg	7	8	3	17
St. Louis	7	8	2	16
Chicago	4	13	1	9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	3	2	30
New Jersey	13	5	0	26
NY Rangers	10	8	1	21
Washington	9	6	0	18
NY Islanders	7	6	4	18
Philadelphia	5	10	5	15
Columbus	7	8	0	14
Pittsburgh	6	10	2	14

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Minnesota Wild @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring Leaders

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Erik KarlssonD #65

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Tommy NovakC #18

Quinn HughesD #43

Erik KarlssonD #65

Team Stats

Injury Report

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