Oct 15, 2026 11:46 PM

A depleted Minnesota roster fights through a massive injury list to face the Blues, as Quinn Hughes debuts on a revamped blue line for this Central Division showdown.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild (4-2-1) is back in action tonight against the St. Louis Blues (3-2-1) for a Thursday night Central Division clash.

Minnesota has a laundry list of injured players to be aware of tonight. Three defensemen will be out tonight, along with three forwards and one goaltender.

Here are tonight's lines.

Wild Projected Lineup

Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

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Blake Coleman - Ryan Hartman - Bobby Brink

Yakov Trenin - Danila Yurov - Maxim Shabanov

Rieger Lorenz - Michael McCarron - Tyler Pitlick

Defense:

Quinn Hughes - Jonas Brodin

Daemon Hunt - Zach Bogosian

Matt Kiersted - David Spacek

Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Carson Lambos.

Injured: Marcus Foligno (Mid-Body), Brock Faber (Upper-Body, Indefinitely), Filip Gustavsson (Lower-Body, LTIR), Nick Foligno (Upper-Body, Day-To-Day), Nico Sturm (Concussion), Jared Spurgeon (Upper-Body), Olli Maatta (Upper-Body).

Blues Projected Lineup

Dylan Holloway - Robert Thomas - Jimmy Snuggerud

Connor McMichael - Mason McTavish - Jonatan Berggren

Jake Neighbours - Dalibor Dvorsky - Pius Suter

Ross Johnston - Zach Dean - Dylan Peterson

Defense:

Philip Broberg - Adam Jiricek

Justin Barron - Colton Parayko

Cam Fowler - Brandon Carlo

Starting Goaltender: Joel Hofer

Scratched: Theo Lindstein, Pavel Buchnevich

Injured: Logan Mailloux (hand), Tyler Tucker (knee), Alexey Toropchenko (upper body), Dillon Dube (neck).

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