The Minnesota Wild is set to face the Edmonton Oilers for a day game. See the new offensive and defensive pairings ready for puck drop.
ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild's (21-9-5) is back in action today against the Edmonton Oilers (17-12-6) for a day game.
Minnesota is 64-33-10 all-time against the Oilers and 33-17-3 on home ice. The Wild’s 64 wins and 31 road wins all-time against the Oilers are its most against any team and the Wild’s 33 victories at home are the second-most against any franchise (COL, 35).
The Wild made a bunch of moves today that included eight players. A bunch of changes to say the least.
Here our today's projected lines.
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin - Danila Yurov - Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno - Nico Sturm - Vinnie Hinostroza
Defense:
Quinn Hughes - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton - David Jiricek
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Matt Kiersted, Tyler Pitlick.
Injured: Daemon Hunt (lower-body), Zach Bogosian (lower-body).
Oilers Projected Lines
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Matt Savoie
Andrew Mangiapane - Adam Henrique - Mattias Janmark
Max Jones - Trent Frederic - Quinn Hutson
Defense:
Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Spencer Stastney
Riley Stillman - Ty Emberson
Starting Goaltender: Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Curtis Lazar, David Tomasek.
Injured: Connor Clattenburg (eye), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (undisclosed), Jack Roslovic (undisclosed), Jake Walman (undisclosed), Alec Regula (illness), Tristan Jarry (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 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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