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    Dylan Loucks
    Feb 17, 2024, 20:15

    The Wild play host to the Buffalo Sabres tonight for a 4:00 p.m. CT start. Here is everything you need to know.

    The Wild play host to the Buffalo Sabres tonight for a 4:00 p.m. CT start. Here is everything you need to know.

    ST. PAUL - The Buffalo Sabres beat the Wild back in November in Buffalo but tonight the Wild will seek some revenge on the Sabres (23-26-4) who are 5-5-0 in their last ten games. While the Wild (25-23-5) are 7-3-0 in their last ten games. 

    A couple of days ago the Wild burned Mason Shaw's AHL deal and signed him to an NHL deal. He won't be in the lineup tonight but Declan Chisholm, whom the Wild waiver claimed back in January, will make his Wild debut against the Sabres. 

    There are a couple of connections from tonight's game. Buffalo's Jordan Greenway spent six seasons in Minnesota before he was traded to Buffalo last season for a second-round pick in the 2023 draft. Greenway has eight goals and 17 points in 41 games for the Sabres this season. 

    Zach Bogosian spent six seasons in Buffalo from 2014 to 2020 and is now in his first season with Minnesota. Buffalo's Ryan Johnson played three seasons with Brock Faber at the University of Minnesota and was on the Gophers last season during their National Championship run. 

    Alex Tuch was a former Wild first-round pick back in 2014 and now is playing in his third season with Buffalo after being traded from Vegas in the Jack Eichel deal. Casey Mittelstadt leads the Sabres in points and played his high school hockey for Eden Prairie as well as his college hockey for the Gophers. There are many more connections as well.

    No lineup changes for the Wild other than Chisholm in the lineup and Dakota Mermis out of the lineup. 

    Wild Projected Lineup

    Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

    Marcus Johansson - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello

    Brandon Duhaime - Ryan Hartman - Freddy Gaudreau

    Jake Lucchini - Connor Dewar - Vinni Lettieri

    Defense:

    Jake Middleton - Brock Faber

    Jonas Brodin - Zach Bogosian 

    Jon Merrill - Declan Chisholm

    Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

    Scratched: F Mason Shaw, D Alex Goligoski, D Dakota Mermis

    Injured: F Marcus Foligno, F Pat Maroon, D Jared Spurgeon

    Sabres Projected Lineup

    Jeff Skinner - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch

    Casey Mittelstadt - Dylan Cozens - Jordan Greenway

    Zach Benson - Peyton Krebs - JJ Peterka

    Eric Robinson - Zemgus Girgensons - Kyle Okposo

    Defense:

    Rasmus Dahlin - Henri Jokiharju

    Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton

    Ryan Johnson - Erik Johnson

    Starting Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

    Scratched: F Victor Olofsson, D Kale Clague

    Injured: F Jack Quinn, D Owen Power, D Mattias Samuelsson

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