ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (34-22-4) is back in action today to face the Boston Bruins (28-25-8) for an evening game. 

The Bruins are coming off a win but are 3-5-3 in their last ten games. They snapped their five-game losing streak after a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. 

They lost their captain Brad Marchand to an injury that game as well. 

The Wild are coming off their third straight loss and are 5-5-0 in their last ten games. They made a trade yesterday for forward Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators. He is projected to play today. 

David Jiricek was recalled and could play today. Jonas Brodin got hurt in the Wild's last game and Zach Bogosian did not play that game. Marat Khusnutdinov and Liam Ohgren were also sent to the AHL. 

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

Wild Projected Lines

Gustav Nyquist - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy

Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Foligno - Brendan Gaunce - Vinnie Hinostroza

Jakub Lauko - Devin Shore - Yakov Trenin

Defense:

Jake Middleton - Brock Faber

Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon

Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian

Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Ryan Hartman (suspended). 

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

Bruins Projected Lines

Morgan Geekie - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak

Georgii Merkulov - Elias Lindholm - Charlie Coyle

Cole Koepke - Matthew Poitras - Justin Brazeau

Jeffrey Viel - John Beecher - Mark Kastelic

Defense:

Nikita Zadorov - Brandon Carlo 

Mason Lohrei - Andrew Peeke

Jordan Oesterle - Parker Wotherspoon

Starting Goaltender: Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Ian Mitchell

Injured: Brad Marchand (upper), Charlie McAvoy (upper), Hampus Lindholm (lower), Trent Frederic (lower). 

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Dec 23, 2023; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) skates with the puck against the Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber (7) in the third period at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images.