Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (14-4-4) are back in action today to face the Chicago Blackhawks (8-12-2) on home ice.
The Wild are coming off a win and are 6-2-2 in their last ten games. The Blackhawks are also coming off a win and are 4-5-1 in their last ten games.
Jakub Lauko missed the Wild's last game and will miss today's game. Marat Khusnutdinov has missed the last three games with a lower-body injury but could play today.
Jonas Brodin was ruled out right before the Wild's last game in Buffalo and will not play in today's game.
Marc-Andre Fleury is projected to start today with Filip Gustavsson getting the game against the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson - Marco Rossi - Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Ben Jones - Travis Boyd
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: None
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower), Marat Khusnutdinov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jonas Brodin (upper)
Blackhawks Projected Lines
Taylor Hall - Connor Bedard - Philipp Kurashev
Tyler Bertuzzi - Ryan Donato - Teuvo Teravainen
Ilya Mikheyev - Jason Dickinson - Nick Foligno
Pat Maroon - Lukas Reichel - Craig Smith
Defense:
Alex Vlasic - Connor Murphy
Wyat Kaiser - Alec Martinez
TJ Brodie - Louis Crevier
Starting Goaltender: Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Joey Anderson, Nolan Allan
Injured: Seth Jones (lower), Laurent Brossoit (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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