The New York Islanders (5-2-2) and Minnesota Wild (7-3-0) are both playing the back end of a traveling back-to-back, though only the Isles had to cross a border in between.
After the Islanders thoroughly handled the Winnipeg Jets last night with a 2-0 shutout for Ilya Sorokin, Semyon Varlamov finally gets his season debut tonight in St. Paul.
The Wild are coming out of their latest Covid outbreak, with Rem Pitlick and Mats Zuccarell coming off the list and possibly returning tonight.
The Wild, of course, mounted a sweet comeback win over the Penguins Saturday night, a worthy karmic victory for all of humanity.