Feb 9, 2024; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) shoots as Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber (7) defends in the second period at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Blewett-Imagn Images.ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (36-23-4) is back in action today for a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins (24-31-10).
Today's game will mark the last time in Marc-Andre Fleury's long NHL career that he will play against the Penguins. He spent his first 13 seasons with the Penguins and is set to retire after this year.
Fleury, 40, is 12-7-1 on the year with a 2.76 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage in 21 games. He picked up the win in the Wild's last game against the Penguins on Oct 29. He stopped 26-of-29 in the 5-3 win.
There isn't any projected lineup changes for the Wild tonight other than Fleury in net. Filip Gustavsson got the loss on Friday against the Vancouver Canucks.
The Wild are coming off a loss and are 5-5-0 in their last ten games. The Penguins have lost two-straight games and are 2-7-1 in their last ten games.
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
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, David Jiricek
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Jonas Brodin (lower).
Penguins Projected Lines
Richard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Tommy Novak - Evgeni Malkin - Philip Tomasino
Connor Dewar - Kevin Hayes - Emil Bemstrom
Bolondji Imama - Noel Arriari - Blake Lizotte
Defense:
Ryan Shea - Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson
Vladislav Kolyachonok - Conor Timmins
Starting Goaltender: Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Danton Heinen, Ryan Graves
Injured: P.O. Joseph