Nov 4, 2023; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Wild forward Matt Boldy (12) scores on New York Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick (32) for the game-winning goal during a shootout at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Nick Wosika-Imagn Images.ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (37-24-4) is back in action tonight against the New York Rangers (31-28-6). The Rangers have been in a slump recently and are 4-4-2 in their last ten games.
Minnesota is coming off a big win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night and is 5-5-0 in its last ten. The Rangers have lost two-straight games.
The Wild won't make any changes to the lineup tonight. Filip Gustavsson will start again for Minnesota, and David Jiricek will sit for his sixth consecutive game.
For the Rangers, Igor Shesterkin will make his fourth career start against the Wild. He is 21-22-4 on the year with a 2.87 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage.
Adam Fox skated in a non-contact jersey this morning butt will miss his eighth-straight game tonight with an upper-body injury.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
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).
Rangers Projected Lines
Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Will Cuylle
Alexis Lafrenière - JT Miller - Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider - Sam Carrick - Brett Berard
Brennan Othmann - Johnny Brodzinski - Matt Rempe
Defense:
K'Andre Miller - Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen - Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy - Zac Jones
Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Calvin de Haan
Injured: Adam Fox (upper), Adam Edstrom (lower), Arthur Kaliyev (upper).