Central Division opponents meet when Minnesota hosts St. Louis
St. Louis Blues (31-28-7, in the Central Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (37-24-5, in the Central Division)
Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild play the St. Louis Blues in a matchup of Central Division teams.
Minnesota has a 37-24-5 record overall and a 12-9-2 record in Central Division games. The Wild have a -7 scoring differential, with 180 total goals scored and 187 given up.
St. Louis has a 31-28-7 record overall and a 6-9-2 record in Central Division games. The Blues have a 26-6-2 record in games they score three or more goals.
The teams meet Saturday for the fourth time this season. The Wild won the last meeting 6-4.
TOP PERFORMERS: Frederick Gaudreau has scored 15 goals with 15 assists for the Wild. Vinnie Hinostroza has three goals over the past 10 games.
Dylan Holloway has 21 goals and 27 assists for the Blues. Zachary Bolduc has six goals and one assist over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wild: 4-5-1, averaging 1.9 goals, 3.4 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.
Blues: 6-2-2, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.4 assists, 2.4 penalties and 5.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.
INJURIES: Wild: None listed.
Blues: None listed.
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Yahoo
How to watch Chelsea vs Manchester United live: Stream link, TV channel, team news, prediction
Chelsea's tenuous hold on a Champions League space meets an old rival when lower-half Manchester United visit Stamford Bridge on Friday. The Blues enter Week 37 with 63 points, above sixth-place Aston Villa on goal differential and seventh-place Nottingham Forest by a single point. Advertisement WATCH — Chelsea v Manchester United Enzo Maresca's men control their own destiny with the visit from the Red Devils before a potentially-huge scrap at Forest to close the season. As for Friday's visitors, Manchester United are prepping for the Europa League Final, their only path to the Champions League thanks to a mostly-abysmal Premier League campaign. The 16th-place Red Devils go to London with more than a single eye on their Wednesday UEL Final against Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao. For live updates and highlights throughout Chelsea vs Manchester United, check out PST's live blog coverage below… How to watch Chelsea vs Manchester United live, stream link and start time Kick off time: 3:15pm ET Friday Venue: Stamford Bridge TV Channel: Peacock Streaming: Premier League on Peacock Chelsea team news, focus OUT: Nicolas Jackson (suspension), Jadon Sancho (loan - unable to fce parent club), Christopher Nkunku (undisclosed), Aaron Anselmino (thigh), Wesley Fofana (thigh - out for season), Mykhailo Mudryk (suspension), Omari Kellyman (hamstring - out for season), Marc Guiu (thigh) Manchester United team news, focus OUT: Matthijs de Ligt (knee), Diogo Dalot (calf), Joshua Zirkzee (thigh - MORE), Ayden Heaven (leg - MORE), Lisandro Martinez (torn ACL - MORE), Toby Collyer (leg) | QUESTIONABLE: Leny Yoro (ankle) Chelsea vs Manchester United prediction This, in theory, should look more like a Conference League match than a Premier League match, as the Blues will arrive with urgency while United simply want to be healthy for Spurs and the UEL Final. Of course Amorim will expect fire from the players he selects for this match, but Chelsea's first-choice team — even without suspended Nicolas Jackson — is better than United's first-choice team, let alone its depth. Chelsea 3-1 Man United.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
A White Sox cap at the Vatican? Pope Leo XIV is 'like any other guy in Chicago on the South Side'
Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox hat as he meets newly married couples during the weekly general audience this week in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP via Getty Images) Pope Leo XIV is a huge Chicago White Sox fan. It's a good thing too — otherwise the event being thrown in his honor at the team's home stadium this weekend might be a little awkward. While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic Church — who was born and raised on the city's South Side — with a Mass by Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities. Advertisement Read more: Mookie Betts' toddler son runs away with first-pitch baseball. It's as adorable as it sounds While the man once known as Robert Prevost won't be there in person, he will appear in what event organizers describe as "a video message from Pope Leo XIV to the young people of the world." Leo will also be represented in mural form. The White Sox unveiled a graphic installation featuring his likeness on a concourse wall before a May 19 game against the Seattle Mariners, less than two weeks after Leo was selected as the first U.S.-born pope. He replaced Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at age 88. The Chicago White Sox have commemorated the fandom of Pope Leo XIV with a graphic installation at Rate Field. (Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press) The graphic was installed next to Section 140, where Leo sat in Row 19, Seat 2 for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series between the White Sox and Houston Astros. As remarkable as it might sound, there is footage from Fox's national broadcast of that Oct. 22, that shows the man then-known as Father Bob in the stands at the stadium then-known as U.S. Cellular Field. Advertisement Hosting a World Series game for the first time since 1959, the White Sox led by two runs with one out in the top of the ninth inning. Chicago closer Bobby Jenks had just thrown a 95-mph fastball past Houston's Adam Everett for an 0-1 count and was preparing for his next pitch. That's when the camera panned to a nervous-looking Father Bob, who appears to be wearing a team jacket over a team jersey. Viewers never got to see the future pope's reaction to what happens next, but he must have been ecstatic as Jenks strikes out Everett in two more pitches for a 5-3 Chicago win. The White Sox would go on to sweep the Astros for their first World Series win since 1917. Advertisement "That was his thing. He liked to get out and go to a game once in a while," Louis Prevost told the Chicago Tribune of his brother, the future pope. "Eat a hot dog. Have some pizza. Like any other guy in Chicago on the South Side.' His favorite team may have fallen on harder times since then — the White Sox are an American League-worst 23-45 and 20.5 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the Central Division — but Leo is still willing to put his fandom on display for the world to see. Read more: Shohei Ohtani thought he was 'in trouble' before Dave Roberts gifted him a toy Porsche On Wednesday, he wore a White Sox hat along with his traditional papal cassock while blessing newly married couples in St. Peter's Square outside the Vatican. Advertisement Kelly and Gary DeStefano, who live in Haverhill, Mass., and are Boston Red Sox fans, gave him the hat. Kelly DeStefano told they were just trying to get the new pope's attention. 'I just wanted to make sure everyone at home knew that we did not turn on our team," she told "It was all in joke and good fun.' Chicago White Sox fans dress up like fellow White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV to watch a game against the Cubs on May 17 at Wrigley Field. (Paul Beaty / Associated Press) It worked, with reporting that Leo gave the couple a good-natured ribbing once he found out where they are from. 'You're going to get in trouble for this,' he told them, in a video of the meeting. 'Don't tell anyone in Massachusetts,' Kelly DeStefano replied. Advertisement While Leo might be a little too busy to attend a game anytime soon, White Sox executive vice president, chief revenue and marketing officer Brooks Boyer said last month that the pope is welcome to return to Rate Field whenever he wants. 'He has an open invite to throw out a first pitch,' Boyer said. 'Heck, maybe we'll let him get an at-bat.' Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
a day ago
- Los Angeles Times
A White Sox cap at the Vatican? Pope Leo XIV is ‘like any other guy in Chicago on the South Side'
Pope Leo XIV is a huge Chicago White Sox fan. It's a good thing too — otherwise the event being thrown in his honor at the team's home stadium this weekend might be a little awkward. While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic Church — who was born and raised on the city's South Side — with a Mass by Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities. While the man once known as Robert Prevost won't be there in person, he will appear in what event organizers describe as 'a video message from Pope Leo XIV to the young people of the world.' Leo will also be represented in mural form. The White Sox unveiled a graphic installation featuring his likeness on a concourse wall before a May 19 game against the Seattle Mariners, less than two weeks after Leo was selected as the first U.S.-born pope. He replaced Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at age 88. The graphic was installed next to Section 140, where Leo sat in Row 19, Seat 2 for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series between the White Sox and Houston Astros. As remarkable as it might sound, there is footage from Fox's national broadcast of that Oct. 22, that shows the man then-known as Father Bob in the stands at the stadium then-known as U.S. Cellular Field. Hosting a World Series game for the first time since 1959, the White Sox led by two runs with one out in the top of the ninth inning. Chicago closer Bobby Jenks had just thrown a 95-mph fastball past Houston's Adam Everett for an 0-1 count and was preparing for his next pitch. That's when the camera panned to a nervous-looking Father Bob, who appears to be wearing a team jacket over a team jersey. Viewers never got to see the future pope's reaction to what happens next, but he must have been ecstatic as Jenks strikes out Everett in two more pitches for a 5-3 Chicago win. The White Sox would go on to sweep the Astros for their first World Series win since 1917. 'That was his thing. He liked to get out and go to a game once in a while,' Louis Prevost told the Chicago Tribune of his brother, the future pope. 'Eat a hot dog. Have some pizza. Like any other guy in Chicago on the South Side.' His favorite team may have fallen on harder times since then — the White Sox are an American League-worst 23-45 and 20.5 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the Central Division — but Leo is still willing to put his fandom on display for the world to see. On Wednesday, he wore a White Sox hat along with his traditional papal cassock while blessing newly married couples in St. Peter's Square outside the Vatican. Kelly and Gary DeStefano, who live in Haverhill, Mass., and are Boston Red Sox fans, gave him the hat. Kelly DeStefano told they were just trying to get the new pope's attention. 'I just wanted to make sure everyone at home knew that we did not turn on our team,' she told 'It was all in joke and good fun.' It worked, with reporting that Leo gave the couple a good-natured ribbing once he found out where they are from. 'You're going to get in trouble for this,' he told them, in a video of the meeting. 'Don't tell anyone in Massachusetts,' Kelly DeStefano replied. While Leo might be a little too busy to attend a game anytime soon, White Sox executive vice president, chief revenue and marketing officer Brooks Boyer said last month that the pope is welcome to return to Rate Field whenever he wants. 'He has an open invite to throw out a first pitch,' Boyer said. 'Heck, maybe we'll let him get an at-bat.'
