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    Dylan Loucks
    Apr 24, 2025, 22:54
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    ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild is back in action tonight to host the Vegas Golden Knights for Game 3 of round one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

    The Golden Knights won Game 1 by the score of 4-2. The Wild were able to even the series with a 5-2 win in Game 2 on the road before returning home tonight for the first of two home games. 

    There was some talk that the Wild would make some lineup changes for Game 3 but that doesn't seem to be the case. 

    Wild's Marcus Foligno Making His Presence Known In The Series Early Wild's Marcus Foligno Making His Presence Known In The Series Early There is a reason why Marcus Foligno led the Wild during the regular season in WAR (wins above replacement). His value to this team is incredible and they would not be where they are without him. 

    Wild head coach John Hynes said after morning skate that they are rolling with the same lineup from last game, tonight. 

    Vegas is also rolling with the same lineup tonight as the two previous games. 

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

    Wild Projected Lines

    Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

    Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Mats Zuccarello

    Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Gustav Nyquist

    Yakov Trenin - Marco Rossi - Justin Brazeau

    Defense:

    Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber

    Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon

    Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian

    Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

    Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Devin Shore, Jon Merrill, Jesper Wallstedt, Vinnie Hinostroza. 

    Injured: None

    Black Aces: Liam Ohgren, Hunter Haight, Cameron Crotty, Carson Lambos, Travis Boyd, Brendan Gaunce, Samuel Hlavaj, and Ben Jones. 

    Golden Knights Projected Lines

    Ivan Barbashev - Jack Eichel - Mark Stone

    Brandon Saad - Tomas Hertl - Pavel Dorofeyev

    Victor Olofsson - William Karlsson - Reilly Smith

    Brett Howden - Nicolas Roy - Keegan Kolesar

    Defense:

    Noah Hanifin - Alex Pietrangelo

    Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore

    Nicolas Hague - Zach Whitecloud

    Starting Goaltender: Adin Hill

    Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton, Ilya Samsonov, Kaedan Korczak, Tanner Pearson, Cole Schwindt.

    Injured: None