SENATORS (35-33-9) at WILD (38-28-11)
TV: 8 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, FS-N, NHL.TV
Season series: Defenseman Erik Karlsson scored the game-winning goal 4:29 into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Wild at Canadian Tire Centre on March 15. Mika Zibanejad and Mike Hoffman scored for the Senators. Nino Niederreiter and Ryan Carter each had a goal for Minnesota.
Senators team scope: Ottawa will be without forward Mark Stone, who sustained an upper-body injury against the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday and did not travel with the team to Minnesota. Despite a 2-1 win against the Jets, the Senators were eliminated from contention for the Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Washington Capitals. "Everything considered, I think it was probably the type of game you thought it was going to be with teams [nearing elimination or eliminated]," coach Dave Cameron said. "I think it was in spurts and a little bit sloppy at times. It's really a tough game to evaluate." Goaltender Craig Anderson is likely to start after Andrew Hammond made 20 saves in Winnipeg.
Wild team scope: Minnesota will try for its seventh consecutive win and is 6-1-1 since the overtime loss at Ottawa earlier this month. The Wild are five points ahead of the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card spot into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Each team plays Thursday and has five games remaining. "We're playing a team game. We're playing a fast, tight-checking style of a game and that's how we need to play," Wild forward Jarret Stoll said Tuesday. "You feel the intensity in the building and our team and our dressing room and the way we have to come out. It's definitely that time of year." Forward David Jones remains out with an illness. The Wild are expected to go with the same lineup that earned a 4-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Goaltender Devan Dubnyk will start.
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