See the full projected rosters for tonight's high-stakes showdown.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild (22-9-5) is back in action tonight to face the Colorado Avalanche (25-2-7) for a huge matchup tonight.
Not much has changed tonight for the Wild who are on a second of a back-to-back.
Here are tonight's projected lines.
Wild Projected Lines
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Kirill Kaprizov - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello
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: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Ben Jones, Matt Kiersted, Tyler Pitlick.
Injured: Daemon Hunt (lower-body), Zach Bogosian (lower-body).
Avalanche Projected Lines
Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog - Brock Nelson - Valeri Nichushkin
Victor Olofsson - Ross Colton - Gavin Brindley
Parker Kelly - Jack Drury - Joel Kiviranta
Defense:
Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Josh Manson - Brent Burns
Samuel Girard - Sam Malinski
Starting Goaltender: Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Zakhar Bardakov
Injured: Logan O’Connor (hip surgery).
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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