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    Dylan Loucks
    Dylan Loucks
    Apr 15, 2025, 21:16
    Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images.

    ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (44-30-7) wraps up its season against the Anaheim Ducks (35-37-8) tonight.

    The Wild are in a spot tonight where they have to get a point to clinch a playoff berth. They can clinch a playoff spot if they get a point or if the St. Louis Blues lose to Utah Hockey Club in any fashion, or if the Calgary Flames lose to the Vegas Golden Knights in any fashion. 

    Zeev Buium joined the Wild yesterday at practice but will not be in the lineup tonight. Jake Middleton and Jared Spurgeon did not play last game with injuries but will both enter the lineup tonight. 

    Declan Chisholm got hurt in the Wild's last game and will be out tonight. There will be no other changes for the Wild. Same forward lines as last game. Filip Gustavsson will make his 58th start of the season and his final regular season start.

    He is 31-19-6 on the year with a 2.57 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.

    Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change). 

    Wild Projected Lines

    Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

    Marcus Foligno - Marco Rossi - Gustav Nyquist

    Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Mats Zuccarello

    Yakov Trenin - Ryan Hartman - Justin Brazeau

    Defense:

    Jake Middleton - Brock Faber

    Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon

    Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian

    Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

    Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Vinnie Hinostroza, Zeev Buium.

    Injured: None

    Ducks Projected Lines

    Cutter Gauthier - Leo Carlsson - Alex Killorn

    Trevor Zegras - Ryan Strome - Frank Vatrano

    Nikita Nesterenko - Mason McTavish - Troy Terry

    Jansen Harkins - Tim Washe - Sam Colangelo

    Defense:

    Jackson LaCombe - Radko Gudas

    Jacob Trouba - Ian Moore

    Pavel Mintyukov - Drew Helleson

    Starting Goaltender: Lukas Dostal

    Scratched: Brett Leason, Oliver Kylington, Olen Zellweger, Isac Lundestrom.

    Injured: John Gibson (lower body), Robby Fabbri (upper body), Ross Johnston (upper body).