Minnesota at Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay will host the Minnesota Wild tonight and these teams are off to completely different starts. The new coach in Tampa has yet to taste victory as the Lightning are off to a poor 0-2-2 start. Meanwhile, the Wild have been sizzling out of the gate and will enter with a 3-0-0 mark. A good part of the reason for the fast start has been the play of Mikko Koivu who had five points in the win over Florida and now leads the NHL with nine points and eight assists on the young season. The Wild are a hard team to play against right now, and they own a 5-2-1 mark in their eight meetings with the Lightning. I have to back the hot dog here, so the Wild gets the call.