Wild aim for home victory as Marcus Johansson hits 1,000 games. Jesper Wallstedt starts again, Brock Faber cleared to play against struggling Flames.
ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (6-7-3) return home to host the Calgary Flames (4-10-2) for a 7:00 game. It will be the first of five games at home for the Wild.
The Flames are coming off a loss and are 3-5-2 in their last ten games. The Wild are coming off a win and are 4-4-2 in their last ten games.
These two teams met three times last year. The Flames won all three games. Marco Rossi led the Wild with five points in those three games but the Wild went 0-2-1.
Tonight marks Marcus Johansson's 1,000th career NHL game. He will become the 11th player to reach 1,000 games as a member of the Wild.
Jesper Wallstedt will make his second straight start for the first time in his career. Devin Cooley will start for the Flames. Cooley has ten career NHL games under his belt and Wallstedt has nine.
Brock Faber was not on the ice for morning skate but will be OK to play tonight.
Starting Goaltenders
- Jesper Wallstedt: 4-6-1; 0.879 Sv%; 3.11 GAA
- Devin Cooley: 0-1-1; 0.933 Sv%; 1.98 GAA
Power Play
- Minnesota - 31.0% (4th)
- Calgary - 12.3% (31st)
Penalty Kill
- Minnesota - 70.6% (27th)
- Calgary - 77.2% (20th)
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy - Joel Eriksson Ek - Marcus Johansson
Vladimir Tarasenko - Ryan Hartman - Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Foligno - Danila Yurov - Yakov Trenin
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Zeev Buium - Daemon Hunt
Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Ben Jones, David Jiricek.
Injured: Nico Sturm (back), Zach Bogosian (lower).
Flames Projected Lines
Jonathan Huberdeau - Morgan Frost - Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich - Nazem Kadri - Joel Farabee
Samuel Honzek - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg - Connor Zary - Adam Klapka
Defense:
Joel Hanley - MacKenzie Weegar
Yan Kuznetsov - Rasmus Andersson
Kevin Bahl - Brayden Pachal
Starting Goaltender: Devin Cooley
Scratched: Daniil Miromanov, Jake Bean, Justin Kirkland.
Injured: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), Zayne Parekh (upper-body).
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 the 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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