Here is everything you need to know before puck drop tonight.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (13-3-4) are back home tonight for a matchup with their division rivals the Winnipeg Jets (17-4-0). The Jets are coming off a loss but are 7-3-0 in their last ten.
The Wild are also coming off a loss and are 6-3-1 in their last ten. Last year the Wild went 0-4-0 against the Jets and lost in overtime to Winnipeg earlier this year.
Kirill Kaprizov missed the Wild's last game with a lower-body injury. He participated in morning skate on Monday and is a game-time decision according to Wild head coach John Hynes.
But Kaprizov did skate in line rushes with Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy so that is a good sign. He also worked on the number one power play unit. All signs seem to point towards Kaprizov playing.
Marat Khusnutdinov did not play on Saturday in Calgary with a lower-body injury but he was on the ice for morning skate today. He is listed as a game-time decision but did not partake in line rushes.
Hynes did confirm that Filip Gustavsson will be in net tonight.
The Wild's first power play unit was Marco Rossi, Boldy, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Brock Faber. The second unit was Freddy Gaudreau, Ryan Hartman, Marcus Johansson, Declan Chisholm and Jared Spurgeon.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change). Wild's lines were based on line rushes at morning skate.
Wild's Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson - Marco Rossi - Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Jakub Lauko - Ben Jones - Devin Shore
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Jon Merrill, Travis Boyd
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower), Marat Khusnutdinov (lower)
Jets Projected Lines
Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Gabe Vilardi
Cole Perfetti - Vladslav Namestnikov - Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter - Adam Lowry - Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron - Rasmus Kupari - Alex Iafallo
Defense:
Josh Morrissey - Dylan DeMelo
Haydn Fleury - Neal Pionk
Ville Heinola - Colin Miller
Starting Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan, David Gustafsson
Injured: Dylan Samberg (lower), Logan Stanley (lower)
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Ryan Carter 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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