The last time the Islanders faced the Wild was on Oct. 23 in a 6-3 Isles win at the Barclays Center.
C John Tavares led the Islanders with three points (2-1=3) in the game, while LW Josh Bailey, LW Anthony Beauvillier and RW Ryan Strome each tallied two assists. G Thomas Greiss made 26 saves.
LW Andrew Ladd leads the Islanders with 18 points (5-13=18) in 29 matches against the Wild. LW Jason Chimera has 11 points (5-6=11) in 35 games against them, while D Nick Leddy owns 10 points (1-9=10) in 20 contests, and Tavares has 11 points (6-5=11) in 10 games.
Charlie Coyle and Eric Staal lead the Wild with 29 points apiece this season. Coyle leads the team with 12 goals, while Staal leads Minnesota with 18 assists and is riding an eight-game point streak (5G, 6A) in 2016-17.
WILD LEADERS VS. ISLES
C Eric Staal leads the Wild with 45 points (23-22=45) in 47 contests vs. the Islanders...Parise owns 44 points (20- 24=44) – his most against any NHL team – in 48 games...RW Jason Pominville has 29 points (7-22=29) in 34 matches...C Mikko Koivu has 12 points (3-9=12) in 12 games.
WILD GOALIES VS. ISLES
G Devan Dubnyk is 2-4-0 with a 2.93 GAA and a .914 SV% in six career starts against the Islanders...Kuemper is 0- 1-0 with a 4.22 GAA and a .875 SV% in two games (one start).
WILD-ISLANDERS CONNECTIONS
Wild Assistant Coach Darby Hendrickson skated in 16 games with the Islanders in 1995-96...Niederreiter was selected by the Islanders with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and collected three points (2-1=3) in 64 games with New York (2010-12)...D Jared Spurgeon was drafted by New York in the sixth round of the 2008 NHL Entry draft (156th overall)...RW Cal Clutterbuck was selected by Minnesota in the third round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft (72nd overall) and collected 110 points and 1,457 hits in 346 contests with the Wild (2007-13)...Leddy is a native of Eden Prairie and was selected by the Wild in the first round (16th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft...LW Brock Nelson is from Warroad, Minnesota and LW Anders Lee hails from Edina, Minnesota.
MILESTONE WATCH
Cal Clutterbuck: 100 career goals (99)
Josh Bailey: 100 career goals (98)
John Tavares: 500 career points (495)
Thomas Hickey: 300 NHL games (298)
Johnny Boychuk: 500 NHL games (496)
Jason Chimera: 1000 NHL games (985)
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