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Preview: Wild host Jets in heated matinee

Get your turkey leftovers on your sandwich and get ready for this post-lunch game between hopeful cross-border rivals as the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets face each other for the second time this season.

The first game—the Wild’s third game of the season—was a classic Minnesota comeback match where they scored two goals in the final five minutes of regulation to then climb back on the haunches of Joel Eriksson Ek’s hat trick to win it in overtime. It was one of the most memorable games of the season, and it still truly holds up as a fantastic moment of “oh yeah, this team is real.