Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
The Minnesota Wild (24-11-4) are back in action tonight to face the Carolina Hurricanes (23-13-2) on the road before they return back home in Minnesota for a few games.
The Hurricanes are coming off a win and are 5-4-1 in their last ten games. They currently have the NHL's best penalty kill (85.5%) and are sixth in the NHL on the power play (25%).
Minnesota ranks 30th in penalty kill (70.2%) and 20th in power play percentage (18.6%). They will be without its number one threat on the power play in Kirill Kaprizov for the fifth game in a row.
There will be only one change for the Wild tonight and it will be the goaltender. Filip Gustavsson will start against Carolina's Pyotr Kochetkov. Gustavsson is 17-6-3 on the year with a 2.28 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage.
Kochetkov, 25, is 15-7-1 on the year with a 2.26 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage.
The Wild are coming off a win and are 5-5-0 in their last ten games.
Here are tonight's projected lines for both teams (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones
Defense:
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill - Travis Dermott
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Carson Lambos
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jake Middleton (upper), Jared Spurgeon (lower).
Hurricanes Projected Lines
Jack Roslovic - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Marty Necas
William Carrier - Jordan Staal - Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson - Jack Drury - Jackson Blake
Defense:
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith - Sean Walker
Starting Goaltender: Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Riley Stillman
Injured: Frederik Anderson (knee), Jesper Fast (neck), Tyson Jost (lower), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper).
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Wes Walz as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg a reporter. The radio broadcast will be on KFAN FM 100.3 with Joe O'Donnell behind the mic doing the play-by-play. Tom Reid as the color analyst and Kevin Falness as the Studio Host.
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