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Tampa Bay visits Minnesota after Mikheyev's 2-goal game

Tampa Bay Lightning (10-3-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (12-3-3, in the Central Division)

Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

LINE: Lightning -137, Wild +113; over/under is 6.5

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Tampa Bay visits Minnesota after Mikheyev's 2-goal game

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Tampa Bay Lightning (10-3-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (12-3-3, in the Central Division)

Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

LINE: Lightning -137, Wild +113; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Minnesota Wild after Ilya Mikheyev's two-goal game against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Lightning's 4-1 win.

Minnesota is 4-0-1 at home and 12-3-3 overall. The Wild have gone 6-0-2 in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.

Tampa Bay has a 10-3-2 record overall and a 2-3-2 record in road games. The Lightning have a 5-2-0 record when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.

Saturday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Lightning won 3-2 in the last matchup. John Carlson led the Lightning with two goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kirill Kaprizov has 16 goals and 14 assists for the Wild. Joel Eriksson Ek has five goals and six assists over the last 10 games.

Brandon Hagel has eight goals and nine assists for the Lightning. Jake Guentzel has five goals and four assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wild: 7-1-2, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.5 assists, 3.3 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game.

Lightning: 6-2-2, averaging four goals, 5.9 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.

INJURIES: Wild: Jared Spurgeon: out (lower body), Filip Gustavsson: out (hip), Nick Foligno: out (upper body), Michael McCarron: day to day (undisclosed), Marcus Foligno: out (lower body), Brock Faber: out (skull).

Lightning: Yanni Gourde: out (hip).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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