TONIGHT’S GAME
The Houston Aeros (Minnesota Wild) close out their first three-in-three set of the 2010-11 season at home against the Oklahoma City Barons (Edmonton Oilers). Tonight’s game is the third of 10 meetings between the teams this season. Houston has a 2-0-0-0 series lead with wins Oct. 9 (6-1) and Oct. 15 (2-1 OT) at OKC.
RECORD: -- 2-1-0-0
HOME: -- 0-0-0-0
ROAD: -- 1-0-0-0
STANDING: --    T3, West Division
STREAK: -- LOST 1

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
·    STREAKS --- JM Daoust has points (2-3-5) in three-straight and goals in two…Casey Wellman has points (1-1-2) in two straight…Marco Scandella has assists (0-2-2) in two straight.
·    PERFECT PK SO FAR --- The Aeros have stopped all 16 opponent power plays so far this season.
·    WELCOME WELLMAN --- Casey Wellman scored Friday’s overtime winner at OKC with 17 seconds left in the game. Wellman was assigned to Houston by Minnesota earlier this week.
·    IN NET --- Rookie goalie Matt Hackett has started two games so far this season. He made 30 saves for his first pro win last week at OKC and then turned aside 40 of 41 Friday night at OKC. Anton Khudobin made 31 stops in his first game of the season Oct. 16 vs. PEO.
·    WE KNOW ‘EM --- The Aeros have 16 returning players from last season including Jon DiSalvatore, Marco Scandella, Chad Rau, Maxim Noreau, Colton Gillies and Jean-Michel Daoust.
·    DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH --- Rookie Joel Broda scored a pair of goals at OKC last Saturday. Broda finished second in scoring and first in goals (39-34-73) at Calgary in the Western Hockey League last season.
·    DRAFT PICKS --- High-round NHL draft picks of the Minnesota Wild playing for the Aeros this season include Matt Hackett (3rd round, 2009), Marco Scandella (2nd round, 2008), Tyler Cuma (1st round, 2008), Colton Gillies (1st round, 2007) and Matt Kassian (2nd round, 2005).
·    SEASON OPENERS --- The Aeros are now 8-6-1-2 in season-opening road games. At home, Houston is 6-9-0-2 all time in home openers. Last Saturday’s 6-1 win at Oklahoma City was the largest margin of victory in a season-opening win in Aeros franchise history. The previous high was a 5-1 win at Milwaukee to start the 2003-04 season. The largest margin of victory for an opponent in a season-opener was a 7-3 loss at Fort Wayne in 1995-96.
·    ROSTER MOVES --- The Aeros reassigned goaltender Josh Tordjman to Bakersfield of the ECHL on Tuesday…The Minnesota Wild reassigned defenseman Drew Bagnall, left wing Matt Kassian, goalie Anton Khudobin and forward Casey Wellman to the Aeros from the National Hockey League (NHL) club last Saturday.