The Wild are back in action tonight to host the Los Angeles Kings.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (8-1-2) are set to play on final game at home before going on a three game road trip. They play host to the Los Angeles Kings (7-3-3) who shutout the Nashville Predators last night.
Not many line changes for the Wild tonight other than Jon Merrill getting in for Declan Chisholm.
Filip Gustavsson will start for the Wild which will be his third straight start.
For the Kings, David Rittich is expected to start after Darcy Kuemper, the former Wild goaltender, started last night in Nashville. Rittich is 4-0-1 in his career against the Wild in his career with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage.
Alex Turcotte got hurt in yesterday's game so he is expected to miss tonight. We will know closer to 6:00 p.m. based on Kings' head coach Jim Hiller's media availability.
Update: Alex Turcotte will not play for the Kings tonight. No other update was provided from Hiller.
Here are tonight's projected lines for both teams (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Ryan Hartman
Jakub Lauko - Marat Khusnutdinov - Yakov Trenin
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Declan Chisholm
Injured: None
Kings' Projected Lines
Andre Lee - Anze Kopitar - Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala - Phillip Danault - Trevor Moore
Warren Foegele - Quinton Byfield - Alex Laferriere
Tanner Jeannot - Trevor Lewis - Akil Thomas
Defense:
Mikey Anderson - Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson - Brandt Clarke
Vladislav Gavrikov - Kyle Burroughs
Starting Goaltender: David Rittich
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Andreas Englund
Injured: Drew Doughty (lower), Arthur Kaliyev (upper), Alex Turcotte
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Wes Walz 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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