Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Minnesota Wild (13-5-4, 30 points) and the Ottawa Senators (8-9-4, 20 points) faceoff live from the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa for the first of two meetings this season. The game can be live streamed here. Minnesota fans can hear all the action on KFAN 100.3 while Ottawa fans can do the same on TSN 1200 Ottawa.
Both teams come off of losses Tuesday as Minnesota lost 6-2 to the Montreal Canadiens snapping a four-game winning streak while Ottawa dropped its third game in four tries to the Philadelphia Flyers in a 5-2 loss.
The Wild pulled goaltender Josh Harding in the second period Tuesday in hopes to bring him back out for tonight's game, and coach Mike Yeo said that he hopes Tuesday's loss sparks the team for Wednesday.
"Hopefully, we're a little ticked off," Yeo said via NHL.com after Tuesday's game. "We've been on a good stretch here, but there's no need for us ... to look back on that [and] feel too good about that. What's important is, good teams respond, so we have to make sure we have to respond with a good effort tomorrow."
Harding has been unstoppable thus far this season, posting a 12-3-2 record with a 1.38 goals-against average and a .941 save percentage. He'll likely be opposed by Ottawa backstop Craig Anderson, who is 5-6-2 with a 3.26 GAA and a .904 save percentage.
The Senators fell behind 2-0 Tuesday night for the fourth game in a row en route to another loss, and will hope to bounce back at Minnesota's expense Wednesday.
"I think it's always good to get right back and play," coach Paul MacLean told the Senators' website Tuesday. "We look forward to tomorrow, but we don't get much solace out of [Tuesday] because we didn't get any points out of it."
The Senators have been paced offensively by Erik Karlsson, who has a three-game point streak and seven goals along with 14 assists for 21 points while Bobby Ryan has 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points and Kyle Turris has five goals and 14 assists for 19 points.
Captain Zach Parise has paved the way for the Wild, notching 18 points off of 10 goals and eight assists while Mikko Koivu has four tallies and 13 helpers for 17 points and Jason Pominville has found the back of the net a team-high 12 times to go along with four assists for 16 points.
Both of these teams will look to bounce back tonight when the puck drops at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa.
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