The Minnesota Wild (9-3-3) is back in action tonight to kick off a brief two-game road trip out east. Sunday's game will be an afternoon matchup with the Washington Capitals (8-4-0) before the Wild head to Philly on Tuesday.

Minnesota finished the month of October with 21 points, good for third in the NHL. Despite having key injuries all season, the Wild have remained one of the top teams in the league.

A few notes.

Jesper Wallstedt will tend the cage again for the Wild. Carson Lambos was sent down along with Mason Shaw. Shaw played for the Iowa Wild and was recalled again. Him and Cameron Crotty, who the Wild claimed off waivers, will serve as the healthy scratched today.

Here are today's projected lines.

Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

Yakov Trenin - Danila Yurov - Maxim Shabanov

Blake Coleman - Michael McCarron - Bobby Brink

Nico Sturm - Ryan Hartman - Tyler Pitlick

Defense:

Quinn Hughes - Jonas Brodin

Olli Maatta - Zach Bogosian

Matt Kiersted - David Spacek

Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Mason Shaw, Cameron Crotty.

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

Alex Tuch - Dylan Strome - Jordan Kyrou 

Alaiksei Protas - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Tom Wilson

Alex Ovechkin - Ilya Protas - Anthony Beauvillier

Boone Jenner - Justin Sourdif - Ryan Leonard

Defense:

Jakob Chychrun - Matt Roy

Martin Fehervary - Timothy Liljegren

Cole Hutson - Jack St. Ivany

Starting Goaltender: Logan Thompson

Scratched: Ethen Frank, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Remi Poirier.

Injured: Rasmus Sandin (Lower-Body), Vincent Desharnais (Lower-Body).

Matchup: Washington Capitals (8-4-0, 16 points) at Minnesota Wild (9-3-3, 21 points)

Date: Sunday, November 1, 2026

Puck Drop: 2:30 p.m. CT

Arena: Capital One Arena — Washington, D.C.

Starting Goaltenders: Jesper Wallstedt vs. Logan Thompson

TV: Wild+, MINNHL, MNMT

Minnesota’s Next Game: Sunday, November 3, at Philly

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