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Preview: Minnesota Wild hope to gain ground vs. Los Angeles Kings

May the farce be with you.

It’s Star Wars Night at The X as the Minnesota Wild host the Los Angeles Kings, and the visiting team is exactly that: A farce.

Among all teams currently in a playoff spot, only the Dallas Stars have a worse goal differential than the Kings. And among all 32 teams, the Kings have the 18th-ranked goals for percentage at 5-on-5 of 49.81 percent — at the most common game state, Los Angeles doesn’t even score the majority of the goals in games they’re involved in (the Wild are ranked fifth in this category). Even terrible teams like the New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks score a larger share of the goals at evens. Frauds!

For all of that effort, because the Kings are in the terrible Pacific Division, they have been nice and snug in the playoff position for the majority of the season. Maybe Minnesota can contribute to knocking this weird team out of there.

On the other side of the ice this evening, the Wild are facing off against the St….

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