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    Dylan Loucks
    Dec 13, 2025, 18:00
    Updated at: Dec 13, 2025, 18:00

    Wild shake up lines with blockbuster trade and key injuries. See who hits the ice against the Senators tonight.

    ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (17-9-5) are set to play the Ottawa Senators (14-12-4) on Saturday and the Boston Bruins on Sunday. They shocked the NHL when a blockbuster trade with the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Quinn Hughes happened on Friday night.

    Hughes is not expected to play today but will likely play on Sunday.

    Jonas Brodin was listed as a possibility for this weekend. Wild head coach John Hynes said on Friday that Brodin is questionable with an injury.

    Matt Kiersted and David Jiricek were both recalled. One of them will play because Zeev Buium was traded but the other would only play if Brodin isn't available.

    Here are today's projected lines.

    Wild Projected Lines

    Kirill Kaprizov - Danila Yurov - Vladimir Tarasenko

    Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

    Yakov Trenin - Nico Sturm - Ryan Hartman

    Nicolas Aube-Kubel - Ben Jones - Tyler Pitlick

    Defense:

    Daemon Hunt - Brock Faber

    Zach Bogosian - Jared Spurgeon

    Matt Kiersted - David Jiricek

    Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

    Scratched: Ben Jones, Quinn Hughes.

    Injured: Jake Middleton (upper-body), Jonas Brodin (upper-body), Mats Zuccarello (upper-body), Marcus Foligno (lower-body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower-body).

    Senators Projected Lines

    Brady Tkachuk - Tim Stutzle - Fabian Zetterlund

    David Perron - Dylan Cozens - Drake Batherson

    Michael Amadio - Ridly Greig - Claude Giroux

    Kurtis MacDermid - Stephen Halliday - Nick Cousins

    Defense:

    Jake Sanderson - Artem Zub

    Tyler Kleven - Jordan Spence

    Nikolas Matinpalo - Nick Jensen

    Starting Goaltender: Linus Ullmark

    Scratched: Dennis Gilbert.

    Injured: Thomas Chabot (upper body), Shane Pinto (lower body), Lars Eller (lower 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 Alex Stalock 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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