Wild dominate Blackhawks historically, but recent home struggles loom. See tonight's projected lines as they battle for crucial points.
ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (29-14-10) is back in action tonight to face the Chicago Blackhawks (21-23-8).
Minnesota is 16-0-1 in its last 17 games against the Blackhawks.
Which is good because the Wild have won just once in their last seven games at home.
Here are tonights lines.
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: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Matt Kiersted
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower-body), Zach Bogosian (lower-body).
Blackhawks Projected Lines
Frank Nazar - Connor Bedard - Teuvo Teravainen
Ryan Greene - Oliver Moore - Andre Burakovsky
Tyler Bertuzzi - Jason Dickinson - Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Donato - Nick Foligno - Landon Slaggert
Defense:
Alex Vlasic - Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser - Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk - Connor Murphy
Starting Goaltender: Spencer Knight
Scratched: Colton Dach, Sam Lafferty.
Injured: None.
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