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The Vegas Golden Knights are vying for a seventh straight win, and so is Wild goalie Kaapo Kahkonen.
He ll be in net Monday when these two teams face off at Xcel Energy Center, the first of five in a row at home for the Wild.
Kahkonen has stopped 152 of 162 shots during his win streak, which is the franchise record for the longest win streak by a rookie goalie. He didn t play either of the games last week against Vegas. The Wild fell 5-4 in overtime in the first meeting last Monday before getting tripped up 5-1 in the rematch on Wednesday.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – Zach Parise will return to action Friday at Arizona after he was a healthy scratch Wednesday for the first time in his Wild career. Zach and I had a great meeting today, coach Dean Evason said. We re going forward. I can t remember what happened yesterday, and neither can he. We re going forward.
Parise s addition won t be the only change for a Wild squad coming off a 5-1 loss in Vegas on Wednesday.
Evason has reunited the team s best line to start the season, moving Marcus Foligno alongside Joel Eriksson Ek and Jordan Greenway. And Brad Hunt will draw in for Carson Soucy on defense, a change indicative of Soucy s play but also the team wanting to get Hunt a game.
It s his turn to go, coach Dean Evason said.
That ll be the only lineup change for the Wild, as forward Marcus Johansson remains out with an upper-body injury.
The last time the Wild and Kings faced off was the Wild s first game back from a COVID-19 shutdown, a 4-0 loss Feb.16 in Los Angeles.
Not only has the Wild improved since then, getting its roster healthy and scoring 20 goals during its season-long four-game win streak, but the Kings are rolling, too.
They ve won six in a row. Trip s over, Evason said. Yeah, we had a good road trip. So what? It s behind us. We talked to the group this morning already about the drop of the puck tonight. For whatever reason, the first game back after a road trip there seems to be a lull. If coaches could figure it out, we d know why. If players could figure it out, it would never happen.