Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (19-5-4) are back home tonight for six of their next seven games. They will host the Edmonton Oilers (16-10-2) tonight for a 7:30 p.m. start.
Edmonton has won three straight games and is 7-3-0 in its last ten games. The Oilers are 8-4-1 on the road this year. The Wild are coming off a win and are 7-2-1 in their last ten. They are 7-3-1 at home this season.
There will be no line changes for the Wild tonight. Filip Gustavsson will start again for the Wild. He is 2-0-0 against the Oilers in his career with a 3.00 goals-against average (GAA) and a .916 save percentage (SV%).
Calvin Pickard will start for the Oilers tonight. He is 2-4-0 in his career against the Wild with a 2.80 GAA and a .909 SV%.
The Oilers just recently claimed defenseman Alec Regula off waivers from the Boston Bruins but he is not expected to play tonight.
Minnesota has done a good job in the last couple of meetings against Connor McDavid and shutting him down. But that has mainly been with Jonas Brodin and Joel Eriksson Ek on the ice for the Wild.
Both will not play tonight. Eriksson Ek has not skated yet since his injury and his timetable is still unknown, according to head coach John Hynes.
Mats Zuccarello and Brodin both were on the ice for the Wild at morning skate but won't play. There is no timetable for either of the two.
Here are tonight's lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Marcus Johansson
Jakub Lauko - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Cameron Crotty, Reese Johnson
Injured: Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Jonas Brodin (upper), Mats Zuccarello (lower)
Oilers Projected Lines
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Kasperi Kapanen
Jeff Skinner - Adam Henrique - Mattias Janmark
Corey Perry - Derek Ryan - Connor Brown
Defense:
Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak - Ty Emberson
Starting Goaltender: Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Alec Regula, Travis Dermott
Injured: None
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on ESPN+ and Hulu. Steve Levy will be on the play-by-play with Ray Ferraro and Leah Hextall as the two color analysts. 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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