Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (16-4-4) are back in action tonight before they head to California. They will play host to the Vancouver Canucks (13-7-3) tonight.
Minnesota is coming off three straight wins and is 6-2-2 in its last ten games. The Canucks have won two straight games and are 6-4-0 in their last ten games.
The Wild are 6-3-1 at home this year and 10-1-3 on the road. The Canucks are 10-2-0 on the road this year and 3-5-3 on home ice.
There will be no lineup changes for Minnesota tonight. Jonas Brodin and Jakub Lauko will remain out tonight for the fourth straight game.
Earlier today, the Wild placed Mats Zuccarello on the Long-Term Injured Reserve list and placed Brodin and Lauko on the Injured Reserve.
They recalled Liam Ohgren and Jesper Wallstedt from the Iowa Wild on Tuesday morning as well.
Filip Gustavsson is projected to start tonight. Kevin Lankinen for the Canucks.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson - Marco Rossi - Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno - 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: Liam Ohgren, David Jiricek, Jesper Wallstedt
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jonas Brodin (upper)
Canucks Projected Lines
Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua - Pius Suter - Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander - Teddy Blueger - Kiefer Sherwood
Max Sasson - Aatu Raty - Danton Heinen
Defense:
Quinn Hughes - Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy - Noah Juulson
Erik Brannstrom - Vincent Desharnais
Starting Goaltender: Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Mark Friedman
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower), Derek Forbort (lower), JT Miller (personal absence), Filip Hronek (upper and lower)
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 a 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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