Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
The Minnesota Wild (27-15-4) are back in action tonight for one more game on the road before they return home. They will face the Colorado Avalanche (28-18-1) today for a 2:00 p.m. central time start.
With Filip Gustavsson out with a sickness on Saturday the Wild recalled goaltender Dylan Ferguson to back up Marc-Andre Fleury. They sent him back down on Sunday so Gustavsson should be good to dress.
Minnesota dropped its last game to the Nashville Predators 6-2 and have lost the last three games.
They lost 6-1 five games ago to the Avalanche on home ice and now face the Avs on a three-game losing streak. The Wild have lost four of its last five games.
They will be without Marcus Johansson, Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin, and Kirill Kaprizov tonight in Colorado.
The Avalanche are coming off a win and are 6-3-1 in their last ten games. A Wild loss today would bump them down to a Wild Card spot for the first time this year.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lineup
Matt Boldy - Joel Eriksson Ek - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno - Marco Rossi - Ryan Hartman
Liam Ohgren - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Jakub Lauko
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - David Jiricek
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower), Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Jared Spurgeon (lower), Marcus Johansson (concussion).
Avalanche Projected Lineup
Ross Colton - Nathan MacKinnon - Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen - Casey Mittelstadt - Jonathan Drouin
Joel Kiviranta - Parker Kelly - Logan O'Connor
Ivan Ivan - Juuso Parssinen - Jere Innala
Defense:
Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Samuel Girard - Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan - Keaton Middleton
Starting Goaltender: MacKenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Sam Malinski
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (lower), Miles Wood (upper), Oliver Kylington (upper), Tucker Poolman (upper), Valeri Nichuskin (lower).
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Wes Walz as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg a 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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