The Minnesota Wild are a first-place hockey team heading into Monday night's game against the Seattle Kraken (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+/Hulu). But might they have their sights set even higher?
There is quite a jumble atop the Western Conference, and leading into the Monday slate, the Wild (93 points, 30 regulation wins) are five points and four regulation wins behind the Vegas Golden Knights for the conference's No. 1 playoff seed. The Los Angeles Kings are next (96, 33), followed by the Dallas Stars (92, 32), Colorado Avalanche (92, 30), and Edmonton Oilers (91, 37).