The Wild are back in action today against the St. Louis Blues. Here are the Wild's projected lines.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (34-28-8) are set to host the St. Louis Blues (37-30-3) for a 1:00 p.m. CT game. The Wild are one point behind the Blues in the standings and five back of the Vegas Golden Knights for the second wild card spot.
Joel Eriksson Ek will likely miss tonight's game for the Wild. He was on the ice yesterday but did not participate in hard drills or line rushes.
Jonas Brodin will be out tonight for the Wild as well meaning Dakota Mermis will stay in the lineup. Marc-Andre Fleury is the projected starter.
Wild Projected Lines
Kaprizov - Rossi - Zuccarello
Johansson - Hartman - Boldy
Foligno - Khusnutdinov - Gaudreau
Shaw - Lucchini - Beckman
Defense Pairs:
Middleton - Faber
Chisholm - Bogosian
Merrill - Mermis
Projected Starter: Fleury
Scratched: D Goligoski & F Lettieri
Injured: D Brodin, D Spurgeon, & F Eriksson Ek
Blues Projected Lines
Brayden Schenn - Robert Thomas - Jake Neighbours
Brandon Saad - Pavel Buchnevich - Jordan Kyrou
Zack Bolduc - Kevin Hayes - Kasperi Kapanen
Alexey Toropchenko - Oskar Sundqvist - Nathan Walker
Defense Pairs:
Nick Leddy - Colton Parayko
Torey Krug - Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella - Tyler Tucker
Projected Starter: Jordan Binnington
Scratched: D Matthew Kessel, D Scott Perunovich, F Sammy Blais, F Nikkita Alexandrov, & F Zach Dean
Injured: None
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