First off, thanks to everyone in the Hockey Wilderness community for using our preview post last night as a make-do Gamethread after we failed to post one for the game against the Penguins.
We may not say it enough, but you all rule.
It’s been two years, plenty of roster-shuffling and a rollercoaster of events since the Minnesota Wild have played the New York Islanders. Their last game was a 3-1 loss with the lone Wild goal from Ryan Donato (remember him?), while Devan Dubnyk manned the net.
This will be the first time since his buyout that Zach Parise will face the Wild with his new team, so that adds a little extra pizzaz to a Sunday matchup.