Wild at Jets
The Minnesota Wild will be well-rested when they take to the road again to face the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Minnesota, which began the season with a three-game trek, have been idle for five days after falling to Columbus in overtime 5-4 on Saturday in its home opener.
Chris Stewart is leading the way offensively with four goals and six points in four games for the Wild, who are 1-1-1 away from home. Winnipeg is hoping to find its scoring touch as it wraps up a three-game homestand. The Jets, who split the first two contests of the string after dropping a 5-2 decision to the Blue Jackets on Tuesday, have scored only two goals in each of their first three games at Bell MTS Place. Nikolaj Ehlers was kept off the scoresheet by Columbus after recording all of his team-leading five goals and seven points over the previous three contests.
TV: 8 p.m. ET, FSN North Plus (Minnesota), TSN3 (Winnipeg)
ABOUT THE WILD (1-1-2): Stewart is well on his way to the second 20-goal season of his career and first since netting 28 with Colorado in 2009-10. The 29-year-old right wing, who hasn't reached 15 tallies since 2013-14 with St. Louis, has needed only eight shots to record his four goals this campaign. Landon Ferraro made his debut for the Wild on Saturday and notched an assist as he appeared in his first NHL game since 2015-16 with Boston.
ABOUT THE JETS (3-3-0): Joel Armia and Kyle Connor each scored their first goal of the campaign Tuesday, with the latter's coming in his season debut. Brendan Lemieux was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Tuesday but did not make his NHL debut that evening. The 21-year-old son of four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux was acquired from Buffalo in February 2015 after being drafted by the Sabres in the second round a year earlier.
OVERTIME
1. Lemieux was recalled after the Jets placed C Adam Lowry (upper body) on injured reserve.
2. Minnesota is 4-for-14 on the power play this campaign, with LWs Tyler Ennis and Jason Zucker each scoring twice.
3. Winnipeg has eight players with one goal this season and only three with multiple tallies.