Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues
St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues host the Minnesota Wild in the season opener.
St. Louis went 44-30-8 overall and 17-13-3 in division games a season ago. The Blues had a +19 goal differential last season, scoring 250 goals while giving up 231.
Minnesota had a 45-30-7 record overall while going 13-11-2 against opponents from the Central Division last season. The Wild had a 20.8% power play success rate last season, scoring 43 goals on 207 chances.
INJURIES: Blues: None listed.
Wild: None listed.
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.