Feb 17, 2024; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson (32) makes a save on Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson (72) during the third period at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Nick Wosika-Imagn Images.ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (39-25-5) host the Buffalo Sabres (27-34-6) for a day game today.
The Wild are not expected to make many changes to their lines tonight other than Jonas Brodin. The Wild defenseman has missed the last nine games with a lower-body injury but is projected to enter the lineup today.
Filip Gustavsson will start again for the Wild. He is 27-15-4 on the season with a 2.51 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage.
Marco Rossi and Marcus Johansson were full participants in the Wild's practice on Friday and are expected to play today.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin - Ryan Hartman - Vinnie Hinostroza
Devin Shore - Brendan Ganuce - Justin Brazeau
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Liam Ohgren
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Marcus Foligno (upper).
Sabres Projected Lines
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker - Jordan Greenway - Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs - Zach Benson
Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak - Sam Lafferty
Defense:
Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Bowen Byram
Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Starting Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukonen
Scratched: Jack Quinn, Brett Murray
Injured: Josh Norris (undisclosed), Jiri Kulich (concussion).