Today’s NHL schedule sees the Wild welcome the San Jose Sharks in what should be an entertaining match at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. If you plan to watch Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks live, stream online, or on TV today then first check out our Wild vs Sharks match preview.
Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks
The Minnesota Wild go into this one with a 53% points percentage, and naturally as underdogs against the Sharks. Todd Richards will be sure to keep an eye on how their Pacific division foes collected 43 points in 36 games played this season but he will know that a lot of it will come down to containing Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley. The Minnesota goal differential is -0.28 this season (good for number 22 in the NHL), but not as good as the San Jose Sharks’s positive goal margin of 0.14 in the 2010-2011 NHL season.
Playing on the road, the Sharks will need to play to their strengths and their 33.8 shots per game is their strongest statistical attribute (and 1st in the whole league in that area). Todd McLellan’s team is 19-12 this season and today will hope to improve their 43 point total to climb further up in the standings.
Minnesota are number 7 in the league in the ‘power play %’ departement and Todd McLellan and his coaching staff will therefore certainly want to balance out Minnesota’s 22 power play % this season. The Wild have a 69% winning percentage when leading after the first period, so getting off to a good start will be important.The fans in the Xcel Energy Center are in for a treat today and if you want to join them and watch Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks online live streaming on NHL ‘Center Ice’ or on your TV – then make sure to tune in at 20:00 ET today.