Live: Jesper Wallstedt starts vs. Toronto as Wild chase seventh straight road win

The Minnesota Wild will go for a seventh straight win on the road when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at 6 p.m. tonight at Scotiabank Arena. The Wild are also on a nine-game point streak (7-0-2) after overcoming the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday night at the start of their trip. Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves, improving to an NHL-best 12-2-3 . The goalie will be back in net against the Maple Leafs to make his league-leading 18th start of the season. Kirill Kaprizov scored his franchise-leading 15th overtime goal vs. the Canadiens. Kaprizov’s 17 goals are second in the NHL, trailing only Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl (18). Advertisement Quinn Hughes’ assist on Kaprizov’s overtime goal made him the second-fastest defenseman in league history to reach 80 points with a franchise, with Hughes getting there in 68 games. Kaprizov and Hughes are on nine-game point streaks. Coach John Hynes indicated Brock Faber will return from a skull fracture within the next few games with Saturday against Boston a possibility. You can watch tonight’s Wild-Maple Leafs game on Wild+, the new network available through Prime Video, Fubo, Spectrum and DirecTV.