Minnesota Wild at Carolina Hurricanes

CAR controlled play at 5v5 last season, 56.5% of the expected goals to 51.2%; CAR's power play ran at 23.4% against a MIN kill at 76.9%.

In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Filip Gustavsson (MIN) saved -9.1 goals above expected to Brandon Bussi's -14.9, on save percentages of 0.904 and 0.895.

None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction — confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market — publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Carolina Hurricanes over Minnesota Wild is where it starts, not where it ends.

No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.

MIN

Filip Gustavsson

SV%

0.904

GSAx

-9.1

GAA

2.69

Record

28-15-6

50 games, 2025-26

CAR

Brandon Bussi

SV%

0.895

GSAx

-14.9

GAA

2.47

Record

31-6-2

39 games, 2025-26