Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (22-10-4) are back in action tonight against the Ottawa Senators (18-15-2).
The Wild will be without Kirill Kaprizov for the second straight game but will welcome back Joel Eriksson Ek into the lineup.
Minnesota is on a two-game win streak and are 4-6-0 in its last ten games. The Senators are coming off a loss but are 7-3-0 in their last ten games.
Filip Gustavsson is set to start his third straight game for the Wild since he came back from his injury. Leevi Merilainen is set to start for the Senators tonight.
Merilainen, 22, is usually their fourth string goaltender but with injuries to both Linus Ullmark and Anton Forsberg, Merilainen will start tonight. Mads Sogaard started last night in Winnipeg.
The Senators had a 2-0 lead but ended up losing 4-2 on Saturday night.
Eriksson Ek is set to center the Wild's second line with Marcus Johansson and Ryan Hartman as his wingers.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones
Defense:
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jake Middleton (upper).
Senators Projected Lines
Adam Gaudette - Tim Stützle - Drake Batherson
Nick Cousins - Josh Norris - Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk - Shane Pinto - Ridly Greig
Cole Reinhardt - Zack Ostapchuk - Noah Gregor
Defense:
Thomas Chabot - Nick Jensen
Jake Sanderson - Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven - Nikolas Matinpalo
Starting Goaltender: Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Mike Amadio (upper), Anton Forsberg (lower), David Perron (upper), Linus Ullmark (upper), Artem Zub (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 Ryan Carter 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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