Filip Gustavsson faces a red-hot Logan Thompson as Wild look to get back into win column. Declan Chisholm returns to face his former club. Lineups revealed for this intense matchup.
The Minnesota Wild (2-2-0) is back in action tonight against the Washington Capitals (3-1-0) for another back-to-back to close out the week. The Wild will be in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Minnesota went 2-0-0 against the Caps last year and is 6-8-2 all-time against the Capitals in Washington.
Filip Gustavsson will start tonight for the Wild. He is 2-1-0 against the Caps in his career with a 2.98 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage.
It will be Logan Thompson in net for Washington he is 3-1-0 against the Wild in his career with a 1.57 goals-against average and a .950 save percentage.
Former Wild defenseman Declan Chisholm will enter the lineup tonight for the Caps. He recorded five goals and 20 points in 95 career games with the Wild across two seasons.
The Wild sent defenseman David Jiricek down so they only have one scratched defenseman and one scratched forward.
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Yakov Trenin
Liam Ohgren - Danila Yurov - Vinnie Hinostroza
Defense:
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Jake Middleton- Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Dameon Hunt, Ben Jones.
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower-body), Nico Sturm (back).
Capitals Projected Lines
Alex Ovechkin - Dylan Strome - Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas - Connor McMichael - Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano - Hendrix Lapierre - Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime - Nic Dowd - Justin Sourdif
Defense:
Martin Fehervary - John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun - Declan Chisholm
Rasmus Sandin - Matt Roy
Starting Goaltender: Logan Thompson
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Ethen Frank.
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body), Dylan McIlrath (lower body).
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Lou Nanne as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg the reporter. The radio broadcast will be on KOOL FM 107.9 with Joe O'Donnell behind the mic doing the play-by-play. Tom Reid as the color analyst and Kevin Falness as the Studio Host.
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