Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (20-7-4) are back in action tonight for a late start against the Florida Panthers (19-11-2). The game will be televised on TNT.
The Wild are coming off a loss and are 7-3-0 in their last ten games. The Panthers are coming off a win against the Edmonton Oilers and are 7-2-1 in their last ten games.
They will be without Sam Bennett tonight though. Bennett has 13 goals and 27 points in 31 games for the Panthers this year. But, Aleksander Barkov will enter the lineup for the Panthers after missing the last two games.
Devin Shore was put on waivers on Monday and cleared. He will stay in the lineup tonight. No Yakov Trenin for Minnesota. He will miss his third straight game. Brendan Gaunce will make his Wild debut tonight.
Filip Gustavsson also remains out tonight. He has a lower-body injury and will miss his second straight game. Marc-Andre Fleury will start tonight with Jesper Wallstedt backing him up.
Sergei Bobrovsky starts for the Panthers.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Ryan Hartman - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Ben Jones
Brendan Gaunce - Marat Khusnutdinov - Devin Shore
Defense:
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Travis Dermott
Injured: Filip Gustavsson (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jake Middleton (upper), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Yakov Trenin (upper)
Panthers Projected Lines
Carter Verhaeghe - Aleksander Barkov - Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues - Jesper Boqvist - Mackie Samoskevich
Aj Greer - Tomas Nosek - Jonah Gadjovich
Defense:
Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola - Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis - Nate Schmidt
Starting Goaltender: Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Adam Boqvist
Injured: Sam Bennett (sick)
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Ryan Carter as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg a reporter. The game will also be on TNT. 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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