On The Fly...
• The Spartans travel to Wisconsin for their final regular-season road series … The Spartans went 1-1 in Madison last year and are 1-1 against the Badgers this year.
• MSU enters this weekend in fifth place (3-10-1-0, 10 points), three points ahead of Wisconsin (1-8-3-1, 7 points) … Last weekend the Badgers went 0-1-1 at home against Michigan.
• Goaltender Jake Hildebrand has yielded two or fewer goals in five of the last seven games, posting a .920 save percentage and 2.83 goals-against average over the span.