RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jackson Blake and Sean Walker each had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-3 at Lenovo Center on Thursday. Andrei Svechnikov and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 21 saves for the Hurricanes (9-4-0), who have won two in a row and three of their past four.

The Minnesota Wild visit the New York Islanders after Matthew Boldy scored two goals in the Wild's 4-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes

The Wild are getting a key reinforcement at a time when they desperately need it. Veteran winger Mats Zuccarello has been activated off of injured reserve and is set to make his season debut in Friday night's road game against the New York Islanders.

NHL play on Saturday features a matchup between the Minnesota Wild (3-6-3) and Vancouver Canucks (6-6) at Grand Casino Arena, starting at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Wild are 13th in the Western Conference (9 points), and the Canucks are 11th in the Western ...

The NHL said: “The decision was made in accordance with Rule 63.7 which states ‘In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the referee may award a goal.

The New York Islanders had nearly three full days to ponder what could have been after squandering a trio of one-goal leads against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

BOTTOM LINE: The Nashville Predators will try to stop a four-game road slide when they face the Minnesota Wild. Minnesota has gone 4-6-3 overall with a 1-2-1 record in Central Division games. The Wild have a -13 scoring differential, with 36 total goals scored and 49 conceded.

On November 4 when it faces the Nashville Predators at Grand Casino Arena, the team will don its 25th anniversary jersey for the second of four times this season and celebrate the Wild’s all-time leading scorer,

The Minnesota Wild have yet to win back-to-back games, but they will try to snap the drought when they face off against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn.

The Wild’s second power play, near the midway point of the first, went much better. When the Predators left the middle of the offensive zone open for Kaprizov, he took a stride toward the net, then zipped a shot through a screen in front of Annunen. It was Kaprizov’s team-leading eighth goal of the season, and his third in the past four games.