Florida Panthers @ Minnesota Wild

13-13-4, 5-8-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Panthers FLA	0	0	1	1
Wild MIN	1	2	2	5

Minnesota WildWildMIN

16-8-4, 10-3-0 Home

No Story Available

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Panthers
1
Wild
5

Game 1

14/12

Wild
7
Panthers
4

Game 2

11/3

Grand Casino Arena

9:00 AM, 14 December 2016

Saint Paul, MN

Attendance: 18,754

Referees:
Dan O'Halloran
Justin St. Pierre

Linesmen:
Greg Devorski
Mark Wheler

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

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Florida Panthers @ Minnesota Wild

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Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

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