Boldy activated. See how the Wild's top lines stack up against the Panthers, featuring Kaprizov, Zuccarello, and a battle-tested Florida squad.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild (29-14-9) is back in action tonight to face the Florida Panthers (26-20-3) to cap off Hockey Day Minnesota (HDM).
The Wild 4-4-2 in their last ten games. The Panthers are 5-5-0 in their last ten games.
Minnesota is celebrating its 20th HDM tonight. The Wild are 14-4-1 all-time on Hockey Day Minnesota.
Here are tonight's lines.
Matt Boldy was activated off the injured reserve list for the Wild. Brad Marchand was for the Florida Panthers. We will see if they play.
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Danila Yurov - Vladimir Tarasenko
Yakov Trenin - Nico Sturm - Vinnie Hinostroza
Defense:
Quinn Hughes - Brock Faber
Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt - David Jiricek
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: David Spacek, Tyler Pitlick
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower-body), Zach Bogosian (lower-body).
Panthers Projected Lines
Carter Verhaeghe - Evan Rodrigues - Sam Reinhart
A.J. Greer - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Brad Marchand
Sandis Vilmanis - Luke Kunin - Mackie Samoskevich
Defense:
Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola - Uvis Balinskis
Tobias Bjornfot - Jeff Petry
Starting Goaltender: Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Donovan Sebrango, Jesper Boqvist, Cole Schwindt
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower-body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Seth Jones (upper-body), Tomas Nosek (lower-body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper-body).
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