ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (13-7-4) host the Colorado Avalanche (17-1-5) for a 2:30 matinee on this Black Friday. The Wild are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games and 8-1-1 in their last ten. The Avalanche are 10-0-0 in their last ten.
These are the two hottest teams in the league in the month of November. The Wild and Avalanche lead the NHL in points with 21 in the month of November.
Here are today's lines.
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Danila Yurov - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Liam Ohgren - Ryan Hartman - Yakov Trenin
Ben Jones - Nico Sturm - Tyler Pitlick
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight.
Injured: Marco Rossi (lower-body), Marcus Foligno (lower-body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower-body), Vladimir Tarasenko (lower-body).
Avalanche Projected Lines
Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Martin Necas
Ross Colton - Brock Nelson - Gabriel Landeskog
Parker Kelly - Jack Drury - Victor Olofsson
Ivan Ivan - Zakhar Bardakov - Joel Kiviranta
Defense:
Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Josh Manson - Brent Burns
Samuel Girard - Sam Malinski
Starting Goaltender: Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov.
Injured: Gavin Brindley (lower-body), Logan O’Connor (lower-body), Valeri Nichushkin (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 Alex Stalock as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg the reporter. The radio broadcast will be on KFAN FM 100.3 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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