Here is everything you need to know before puck drop.
The Minnesota Wild (18-4-4) are back in action tonight following their 5-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. They will finish the Californa back-to-back against the Los Angeles Kings (15-8-3)
Minnesota has won five straight games and is 7-2-1 in its last ten games. The Kings have won four straight games and are 6-4-0 in their last ten games.
Saturday night marks the second of three meetings between the two teams. Kevin Fiala scored the game-winning goal on Nov 5, to beat the Wild earlier this year.
The Wild are expected to keep the same lineup as last night, other than switching the goaltender. Marc-Andre Fleury is 5-0-1 on the year and is expected to start tonight.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild's Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Marcus Johansson
Devin Shore - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Ben Jones - Marat Khusnutdinov - Reese Johnson
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: David Jiricek, Travis Boyd
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Jonas Brodin (upper)
Kings Projected Lines
Trevor Moore - Anze Kopitar - Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele - Quinton Byfield - Tanner Jeannot
Kevin Fiala - Phillip Danault - Alex Laferriere
Alex Turcotte - Samuel Helenius - Akil Thomas
Defense:
Mikey Anderson - Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson - Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare - Jordan Spence
Starting Goaltender: David Rittich
Scratched: Andreas Englund, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Drew Doughty (lower), Trevor Lewis (lower), Caleb Jones (upper), Arthur Kaliyev (upper)
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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