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    Dylan Loucks
    Dylan Loucks
    Oct 14, 2025, 22:34
    Updated at: Oct 15, 2025, 00:11

    The Minnesota Wild (2-1-0) is back in action tonight against the Dallas Stars (2-0-0) on the second of a back-to-back. The Wild played last night against the Los Angeles Kings and picked up a 4-3 shootout win.

    Minnesota made a roster move before the game as well. Hunter Haight was sent down to the American Hockey League (AHL) and forward Ben Jones was recalled.

    The Wild did not hold a morning skate or media availability so it is unclear if Jones will get into the lineup tonight or if the Wild will keep Danila Yurov at center.

    Yurov, 22, made his NHL debut on Monday night and played a good game. Jones was recalled for the roadtrip. They would rather have him healthy scratched than Haight.

    Filip Gustavsson will start tonight for the Wild. He is 5-3-0 with a 1.87 goals-against average and a .943 save percentage in eight career starts against the Stars.

    Jake Oettinger will start for Dallas. He is 7-0-3 with a 2.21 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage in 12 career games against the Wild.

    Wild Projected Lines

    Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy

    Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Vladimir Tarasenko

    Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Yakov Trenin

    Liam Ohgren - Danila Yurov - Vinnie Hinostroza

    Defense:

    Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber

    Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon

    Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian

    Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

    Scratched: Ben Jones, Dameon Hunt, David Jiricek.

    Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower-body), Nico Sturm (back).

    Stars Projected Lines

    Sam Steel - Roope Hintz - Mikko Rantanen

    Justin Hryckowian - Matt Duchene - Tyler Seguin

    Jason Robertson - Wyatt Johnston - Mavrik Bourque

    Colin Blackwell - Radek Faksa - Nathan Bastian

    Defense:

    Esa Lindell - Miro Heiskanen

    Thomas Harley - Nils Lundkvist

    Lian Bichsel - Alexander Petrovic

    Starting Goaltender: Jake Oettinger

    Scratched: Adam Erne, Ilya Lyubushkin.

    Injured: Oskar Back (undisclosed), Jamie Benn (collapsed lung).

    How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on ESPN. Mike Monaco will be on the play-by-play with AJ Mleczko as the color analyst. 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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