(10-18-26) Wild Vs Blue Jackets: Game Preview, Line Combinations

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild (5-2-1) is back in action tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets (3-3-0) for a Sunday afternoon game before embarking on a five-game road trip.

Minnesota made a few roster moves before its game but no real lineup changes will be made.

Forward Hunter Haight and defenseman Carson Lambos were recalled for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League.

Kirill Kaprizov and Quinn Hughes missed the Wild's practice on Saturday but both will be in the lineup tonight. Jared Spurgeon was placed on the Injured Reserve and won't play tonight.

It will be Jesper Wallstedt in net tonight for the Wild against the former Wild netminder in Cam Talbot.

Here are tonight's projected lines.

Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

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, Hunter Haight.

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).

Matthew Knies - Adam Fantilli - Kent Johnson

Valeri Nichushkin - Sean Monahan - Conor Garland

Cole Sillinger - Charlie Coyle - Mathieu Olivier

Ryan Lomberg - Luca Del Bel Belluz - Danton Heinen

Defense:

Zach Werenski - Damon Severson

Jake Christiansen - Denton Mateychuk 

Emil Andrae - Erik Gudbranson

Starting Goaltender: Cam Talbot

Scratched: Carson Soucy, Dmitri Voronkov

Injured: Dante Fabbro (Upper-Body), Ivan Provorov (Lower-Body), Isac Lundestrom (Lower-Body).

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