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Lightning-Wild Saturday game preview

 
Published Jan. 2, 2016

Saturday

Lightning vs. Wild

When/where: 7, Amalie Arena

TV/radio: Fox Sports Sun; 970-AM

Key stats: The Wild has won three of its past four games, with victories over Montreal, Detroit and St. Louis. It could get a boost with forward Zach Parise (knee) potentially returning tonight. … The Lightning has a power-play goal in each of its past five games (nine total) to move up to 15th in the league (19.3 percent) entering Friday. … The Wild penalty kill was 27th at 77.3 percent. … Lightning RW Nikita Kucherov is riding a seven-game point streak.