The Minnesota Wild are back in action tonight against the Oilers in Edmonton. Here's everything you need to know before puck drop.
The Minnesota Wild are back in action tonight against the Oilers in Edmonton. Here's everything you need to know before puck drop.The Wild play the first of a back-to-back tonight in Edmonton for a 8:00 p.m. CT start. They play the Kraken tomorrow in Seattle at 9:00 p.m. CT.
Zach Bogosian did not practice with the Wild yesterday and is ruled out for both games of the back-to-backs. Marcus Foligno and Pat Maroon also remain out.
The Oilers (33-18-2) will look to extend the league's longest active home point streak to double digits with a win over the Wild.
The Wild (26-24-6) on the other hand, are 9-4-1 in their last 14 games since January 15th, and will look to take the season series with the Oilers with a win tonight.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins missed the Oilers' last game due to an illness but is expected to play tonight. Jon Merrill will slide into the lineup for the Wild with Bogosian out.
Wild Projected Lines
Kaprizov - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
Lucchini - Rossi - Lettieri
Johansson - Hartman - Zuccarello
Duhaime - Dewar - Gaudreau
Defense:
Middleton - Faber
Brodin - Chisholm
Merrill - Mermis
Starting Goaltender: Gustavsson
Oilers Projected Lines
Warren Foegele - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Leon Draisaitl - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Evander Kane
Dylan Holloway - Ryan McLeod - Corey Perry
Mattias Janmark - Derek Ryan - Connor Brown
Defense:
Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak - Vincent Desharnais
Starting Goaltender: Calvin Pickard
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