Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (28-16-4) are back in action tonight against the Calgary Flames (23-16-7) for a Hockey Day Minnesota matchup.
Today marks the 19th Hockey Day Minnesota. The Wild play the last game of the day. There are two boys high school games at Valley Fair and a Division One Girls hockey game.
The Wild are 14-3-1 all-time during Hockey Day Minnesota (HDM) and have always played well. HDM coverage has won 17 Emmys for their production. This year's HDM is in Shakopee at Valley Fair.
Minnesota has score 60 goals during the 18 HDM games they have played and have only allowed 38. There are currently 18 NHL players who once played High School hockey in Minnesota on HDM.
Nonetheless, it is a big day for Minnesota hockey fans. The Wild will make one change to their lineup tonight. Marc-Andre Fleury will draw into the lineup and start in goal.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lineup
Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Mats Zuccarello
Liam Ohgren - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Ryan Hartman
Jakub Lauko - Marat Khusnutdinov - Yakov Trenin
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Devin Shore
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower), Marcus Johansson (concussion).
Flames Projected Lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau - Nazem Kadri - Jakob Pelletier
Blake Coleman - Mikael Backlund - Matt Coronato
Ryan Lomberg - Yegor Sharangovich - Martin Pospisil
Clark Bishop - Kevin Rooney - Andrei Kuzmenko
Defense:
MacKenzie Weegar - Daniil Miromanov
Kevin Bahl - Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley - Brayden Pachal
Starting Goaltender: Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Jake Bean, Rory Kerins
Injured: Anthony Mantha (lower/ACL), Connor Zary (lower/knee), Justin Kirkland (lower/ACL). ,
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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