ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (36-24-4) is back in action tonight to host the Colorado Avalanche (39-24-2) for a big game. The Wild are four points behind the Avalanche in the standings. 

The Avalanche has won 6-straight games and is 8-2-0 in their last ten games. The Wild on the other hand, have lost five of their last seven games. 

Filip Gustavsson will start tonight in goal against MacKenzie Blackwood. The Wild are not expected to make any other changes to their lineup except for the goaltender. 

Colorado beat the Chicago Blackhawks last night and are not expected to make any changes either, except its goaltender. 

Minnesota is 0-5-0 in its last five games at home against Colorado. The Wild last won against the Avalanche on home ice on March 29, 2022. They won the final game of the season to improve to 53-22-7. They haven't beaten the Avs on home since. It has been 1,078 days. 

The Wild are 2-7-1 in their last ten games against the Avs in the last three seasons. 

Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change). 

Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Gustav Nyquist

Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Vinnie Hinostroza

Yakov Trenin - Devin Shore - Justin Brazeau

Defense:

Jake Middleton - Brock Faber

Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon

Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian 

Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, David Jiricek

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Jonas Brodin (lower). 

Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Martin Necas

Jonathan Drouin - Brock Nelson - Valeri Nichuskin

Joel Kiviranta - Charlie Coyle - Ross Colton

Parker Kelly - Jack Drury - Logan O'Connor

Defense:

Devon Toews - Cale Makar

Ryan Lindgren - Josh Manson

Samuel Girard - Sam Malinski

Starting Goaltender: MacKenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Miles Wood, Jimmy Vesey, Erik Johnson

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (upper).