The San Jose Sharks welcome the Minnesota Wild to the Shark Tank today, hoping to sweep the season series. It’s a much different Wild team than the Sharks have played in the past two outings. The Sharks won the previous two meetings, though both of those happened before the Quinn Hughes trade. San Jose won 6-5 in overtime on Oct. 26 and 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 11.
But now, the Wild have one of the best defensemen in the world in Hughes. Since acquiring Hughes on Dec. 12, the Wild have gone 7-1-1. Hughes has seven points in eight games with the Wild.