Rookie goalies clash as Yurov returns to Wild's top line. Minnesota aims to extend dominant streak against struggling Canucks.
The Minnesota Wild (15-8-4) is back in action tonight against the Vancouver Canucks (10-15-3) to continue its road trip before returning home on Tuesday.
Minnesota is 8-1-1 in its last ten games and the Canucks are 2-6-2 in their last ten games. It will be two rookie goalies tonight facing against each other.
The Wild will welcome back Danila Yurov tonight after he missed the last two games with a lower-body injury.
Ryan Hartman will drop to the fourth line after being the first-line center the last two games. Yurov will return to the first line.
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Danila Yurov - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin - Nico Sturm - Vladimir Tarasenko
Liam Ohgren - Ryan Hartman - Tyler Pitlick
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Ben Jones, Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight.
Injured: Marco Rossi (lower-body), Marcus Foligno (lower-body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower-body).
Canucks Projected Lines
Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Linus Karlsson
Brock Boeser - Max Sasson - Conor Garland
Drew O'Connor - David Kampf - Kiefer Sherwood
Arshdeep Bains - Aatu Raty - Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Defense:
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Elias N. Pettersson - Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson - Tom Willander
Starting Goaltender: Nikita Tolopilo.
Scratched: Lukas Reichel, P.O. Joseph.
Injured: Evander Kane (illness), Thatcher Demko (lower-body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower-body), Nils Hoglander (lower-body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed).
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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