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Wild vs Lightning Preview: Can Minnesota Fix the Defense? | Beatline Wild
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The Minnesota Wild (2-0-1) travel to Tampa Bay to face the Lightning (2-1) after a tough 3-2 overtime loss to Buffalo. This preview analyzes the impact of injuries to Brock Faber and Filip Gustavsson on the defensive corps. We discuss line matchups involving Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Calvin Pickard.
Key storylines include the Wild's need to improve neutral-zone play and penalty kill efficiency against Tampa's aggressive forecheck. We examine the performance of Maxim Shabanov and Danila Yurov…
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