The Minnesota Wild wrap up their four-game road trip against the Seattle Kraken on Monday night at 9:00 p.m. CT. After a 1-0 shutout win in Edmonton, Minnesota has lost consecutive games in regulation to Calgary and Vancouver. Seattle enters on a five-game losing streak.
The Minnesota Wild will look to end their road trip on a positive note when they face the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena. This matchup marks the finale of Minnesota's four-game swing through western Canada and the Pacific Northwest, following a strong 1-0 shutout victory over the Edmonton Oilers to open the trip. However, the Wild have since dropped 4-1 decisions to the Calgary Flames and 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks, marking the third instance this season of consecutive regulation losses.
Filip Gustavsson is set to start in net for Minnesota. Before his loss in Vancouver, Gustavsson had points in five straight games, posting a 3-0-2 record with a 1.72 goals-against average, .932 save percentage, and one shutout. Against Seattle in his career, he holds a perfect 3-0-0 mark with a 1.00 GAA, .968 SV%, and one shutout across three starts.
For the Kraken, Philipp Grubauer gets the nod between the pipes. He enters with a 4-0-1 record, 2.63 GAA, and .895 SV% in seven games, including four starts. Grubauer is 9-8-0 lifetime against Minnesota with a 2.95 GAA, .894 SV%, and one shutout, though he has gone winless in his last five outings versus the Wild.
This will be the first time former Wild forward Freddy Gaudreau faces his old team. Gaudreau played 307 games with Minnesota from 2021-25, accumulating 134 points (56 goals, 78 assists). Seattle has lost five straight games, four in regulation.
Historically, Minnesota holds an 8-3-1 edge over Seattle, including 5-1-0 at Climate Pledge Arena, with the Wild winning the last five meetings there. Key players for Minnesota include Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov, and Mats Zuccarello, all of whom have strong records against the Kraken: Boldy with 13 points (8-5) in 10 games, Kaprizov with 14 (5-9) in nine, and Zuccarello with 13 (5-8) in 11. Boldy and Zuccarello each had two points in the recent Vancouver loss, while Kaprizov added an assist.
