The Wild are back in action today as they play host to the Nashville Predators at 2:30 p.m. CT. Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (30-27-7) are back on home ice today to face the Nashville Predators (37-25-3) for a 2:30 p.m. CT matinee.
The Wild are 5-4-1 in their last ten games and are coming off an overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche two nights ago. The Predators, on the other hand, are 9-0-1 in their last ten games and are coming off a 2-1 win last night over the Columbus Blue Jackets in Columbus.
The Predators hold onto the first Wild Card spot in the West and are ten points ahead of the Wild in the standings. Minnesota is in the midst of 14 straight games within the Western Conference so getting as many points as possible will be crucial for the Wild.
Marat Khusnutdinov was on the ice this morning for the Wild with the scratches and skated for the first time with the Wild since coming over to Minnesota.
Jake Middleton has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury so his status for today's game remains questionable.
Otherwise, all the lines are projected to be the same as Friday's in Colorado.
Wild Projected Lines
Kaprizov - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
Zuccarello - Rossi - Hartman
Foligno - Gaudreau - Beckman
Shaw - Lucchini - Lettieri
Defense:
Brodin - Faber
Mermis - Bogosian
Merrill - Chisholm
Projected Starter: Fleury
Scratched: D Goligoski
Injured: D Spurgeon, D Middleton, & F Johansson
Predators Projected Lines
Filip Forsberg - Ryan O'Reilly - Gustav Nyquist
Jason Zucker - Colton Sissons - Anthony Beauvillier
Mark Jankowski - Tommy Novak - Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith - Michael McCarron - Kiefer Sherwood
Defense:
Roman Josi - Dante Fabbro
Ryan McDonagh - Luke Schenn
Jeremy Lauzon - Alexandre Carrier
Projected Starter: Juuse Saros
Scratched: D Tyson Barrie, F Cody Glass, & F Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Injured: None
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