Wild Host Ottawa Tuesday Night In St. Paul

The Minnesota Wild return to the ice Tuesday night when they host the Ottawa Senators at Xcel Energy Center (6:30 PM, AM 1390 The Fan). The Wild have won five of their past six games heading into Tuesday's matchup with the Senators.

Minnesota is 25-18-5 and coming off of a 4-0 win at Nashville on Sunday night in which goalie Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves to earn the shutout. Dany Heatley, Matt Cooke, Marco Scandella and Jason Zucker all scored in the win for Minnesota.

The Wild are currently in eighth place in the Western Conference, four points ahead of ninth-place Phoenix.

The Senators are 20-18-8 this season and are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.