STREAK NEWS
• The Wild boasts a franchise-record 12-game winning streak and an eight-game home winning streak — tying a franchise mark.
• Columbus extended its franchise-record winning streak to 14 games with a 5-3 victory over the Jets on Thursday.
• Saturday's game between the Wild and Blue Jackets will be the first in NHL history in which each team enters play with a winning streak of at least seven games.
• The NHL record for consecutive victories is 17 by Pittsburgh in 1992-93. The home winning streak record is 23 by Detroit (2011-12).
• The Wild shares the NHL record for consecutive road victories with 12 in 2014-15.