Minnesota Wild (6-2-2, in the Central Division) vs. Calgary Flames (2-6, in the Pacific Division)

Calgary, Alberta; Thursday, 9 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames and the Minnesota Wild take the ice in Western Conference play.

Calgary is 2-6 overall and 1-3-0 at home. The Flames have a 1-4-0 record when they commit more penalties than their opponent.

Minnesota has a 6-2-2 record overall and a 2-2-2 record on the road. The Wild have gone 5-1-1 in games they score one or more power-play goals.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.

INJURIES: Flames: Jonathan Huberdeau: out (hip), Mikael Backlund: day to day (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek: out (lower-body).

Wild: Filip Gustavsson: out (hip), Nick Foligno: out (upper body), Jared Spurgeon: out (upper-body), Marcus Foligno: out (lower body), Olli Maatta: out (upper body), Brock Faber: out (skull).

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