How the Lines are projected to look for the Wild's game against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight.
How the Lines are projected to look for the Wild's game against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight.A couple of roster moves have been made by the Wild in the last two days. Jake Luchhini was recalled after the Wild placed forward Pat Maroon on the Injured Reserve list two days ago.
The Wild later recalled forward Adam Beckman and sent Adam Raska down to the Iowa Wild yesterday. Jonas Brodin missed the last two practices and won't tonight against the Blackhawks.
Wild head coach John Hynes said yesterday that they will evaluate Brodin's status in the morning before the game to determine if the defenseman is ready or not.
Declan Chisholm, who the Wild claimed off waivers a little over a week ago, is meeting the team in Chicago but isn't expected to play. Lastly, Vinni Lettieri had another full practice yesterday and is trending in the right direction in terms of playing soon. He could be in the lineup tonight.
Based on line rushes yesterday, Beckman didn't appear he would be playing tonight but things can change. If he were to play it would likely be for either Luchhini or Lettieri. If it was Lucchini, Beckman would play wing and Lettieri would slide to center.
Wild Projected lines
Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello
Johansson - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
Foligno - Rossi - Gaudreau
Duhaime - Lucchini - Lettieri
Defense Pairs:
Middleton - Faber
Mermis - Bogosian
Merrill - Goligoski
Starting Goaltender: Gustavsson
Scratched: D Jonas Brodin, D Declan Chisholm, F Adam Beckman
Blackhawks Projected Lines
Nick Foligno - Phillip Kurashev - Tyler Raddysh
Colin Blackwell - Jason Dickinson - Joey Anderson
Lukas Reichel - MacKenzie Entwistle - Tyler Johnson
Boris Katchouk - Zach Sanford - Ryan Donato
Defense Pairs:
Alex Vlasic - Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski - Jaycob Megna
Jarred Tinordi - Isaak Phillips
Starting Goaltender: Petr Mrazek
Scratched: F Rem Pitlick, F Reese Johnson
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