The Minnesota Wild are in action tonight for game one of their back-to-backs with the Sharks and the Ducks.
The Minnesota Wild (8-2-2) are in action tonight for game one of their back-to-back with the Sharks and the Ducks. Tonight the Wild square off against the San Jose Sharks (4-8-2).
Minnesota will make one line change tonight. Jon Merrill will come out of the lineup for Declan Chisholm, who was a healthy scratch last game.
Mikey Milne, whom the Wild just recalled, will sit out tonight. He did not participate in line rushes during morning skate.
Vitek Vanecek was the first goalie off the ice for the Sharks morning skate and is expected to start. Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to start in goal for the Wild.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin - Marat Khusnutdinov - Jakub Lauko
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Mikey Milne, Jon Merrill
Injured: None
Sharks Projected Lines
Mikael Granlund - Macklin Celebrini - Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund - Alexander Wennberg - Fabian Zetterlund
Barkley Goodrow - Will Smith - Luke Kunin
Carl Grundstrom - Nico Sturm - Ty Dellandrea
Defense:
Mario Ferraro - Cody Ceci
Jack Thompson - Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun - Timothy Liljegren
Starting Goaltender: Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Klim Kostin, Givani Smith
Injured: Jake Walman, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture
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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