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Updated at Feb 27, 2026, 02:14
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Unpacking Minnesota's offensive fire versus Colorado's defensive might. Which forward pairings will ignite victory?

The Minnesota Wild (34-24-10) is back in action on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche (38-9-9).

Colorado played the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday on the road. They won that game and now host the Wild tonight.

Here are tonight's 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

Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon

Daemon Hunt - Zach Bogosian

Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Ben Jones, Matt Kiersted.

Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower-body).

Avalanche Projected Lines

Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Valeri Nichushkin

Gabriel Landeskog - Brock Nelson - Martin Necas

Ross Colton - Jack Drury - Victor Olofsson

Joel Kiviranta - Parker Kelly - Gavin Brindley

Defense:

Devon Toews - Cale Makar

Josh Manson - Brent Burns

Brett Kulak - Sam Malinski

Starting Goaltender: Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Zakhar Bardakov.

Injured: Logan O’Connor (lower-body).

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