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Preview: Wild punching down as they host Kraken

There comes a time in a regular season where you feel like everything has wrapped up. The playoff and non-playoff teams have already been decided or are just about to; there is only shuffling of pieces for matchups or homestands — all that is left is for fans of teams lower in the standings to want to lose more games to increase their draft lottery odds, or for fans of playoff teams to cross their fingers and just about every other appendage on their body for no injuries to happen before the post-season.

When: 7:00 p.