Nov 2, 2023; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Wild defenseman Jon Merrill (4) defends New Jersey Devils center Dawson Mercer (91) during the first period at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-Imagn Images.ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (41-27-5) is back in action tonight against the New Jersey Devils (38-29-7) for a 5:00 p.m. start.
New Jersey's head coach Sheldon Keefe said before the game that defenseman Luke Hughes will be a game-time decision. He is dealing with a groin issue and they will see how he feels in warmups.
Wild head coach John Hynes did not reveal the starting goaltender for tonight's game or any other lineup changes so we will see in warmups.
Jacob Markstrom will start for New Jersey tonight. He is 23-14-6 with a 2.51 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage.
In his career against the Wild, Markstrom is 7-3-2 with a 2.24 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage.
Below are the projected lines based on previous games. It will be updated after line rushes in warmups.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin - Devin Shore - Justin Brazeau
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Declan Chisholm (lower).
New Jersey's Projected Lines
Stefan Noesen - Nico Hischier - Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula - Dawson Mercer - Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat - Justin Dowling - Tomas Tatar
Nolan Foote - Paul Cotter - Daniel Sprong
Defense:
Luke Hughes - Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin - Jonathan Kovacevic
Brendan Dillon - Simon Nemec
Starting Goaltender: Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Curtis Lazar, Nathan Bastian, Dennis Cholowski.
Injured: Jack Hughes (upper), Jonas Siegenthaler (undisclosed), Cody Glass (undisclosed).