This will be Alex Goligoski s first playoff game with the Wild, but he has 43 games of Stanley Cup experience and was with the Penguins when they won it in 2009.
Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will likely start for the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round against the St. Louis Blues at Xcel Energy Center on Monday.
St. Louis won all three regular-season meetings between these two offensively gifted teams. But the Wild is favored in tonight s series opener at the X.