Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
The Minnesota Wild (10-2-2) are in action tonight to square off against the Chicago Blackhawks (5-9-1) on the road. It is the final game of their three-game road trip before returning home to host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
Filip Gustavsson will be back in net tonight against the Blackhawks. Marc-Andre Fleury started in San Jose with Gustavsson starting in Anaheim last game. He stopped 33 out of the 35 he faced in the 5-2 win.
The only line change will be Jon Merrill in for Declan Chisholm. Wild head coach John Hynes has indicated the two will switch in and out of the lineup and tonight they will again.
Here are the projected lines for both teams (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin - Marat Khusnutdinov - Jakub Lauko
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Mikey Milne
Injured: None
Sharks Projected Lines
Nick Foligno - Connor Bedard - Lukas Reichel
Taylor Hall - Philipp Kurashev - Tyler Bertuzzi
Joey Anderson - Jason Dickinson - Teuvo Teravainen
Pat Maroon - Ryan Donato - Craig Smith
Defense:
Wyatt Kaiser - Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic - Connor Murphy
TJ Brodie - Nolan Allen
Starting Goaltender: Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Andreas Athanasiou, Ilya Mikheyev, Isaak Phillips
Injured: Alec Martinez (lower), Laurent Brossoit (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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