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Blue Jackets take on the Wild following overtime victory
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By The Associated Press
Columbus Blue Jackets (3-3, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (5-2-1, in the Central Division)
Saint Paul, Minnesota; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT
LINE: Wild -195, Blue Jackets +158; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild host the Columbus Blue Jackets after the Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 1-0 in overtime.
Minnesota has gone 3-0-0 in home games and 5-2-1 overall. The Wild have a 4-1-1 record in games they score one or more power-play goals.
Columbus is 3-3 overall and 0-1-0 in road games. The Blue Jackets have a 1-2-0 record in games their opponents serve fewer penalty minutes.
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.
INJURIES: Wild: Filip Gustavsson: out (hip), Nick Foligno: out (upper body), Jared Spurgeon: day to day (upper-body), Nico Sturm: out (upper body), Marcus Foligno: out (lower body), Olli Maatta: out (upper body), Kirill Kaprizov: day to day (undisclosed), Brock Faber: out (skull).
Blue Jackets: Caleb MacDonald: out (lower-body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles), Ivan Provorov: out (lower-body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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