Here is everything you need to know before puck drop tonight.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (31-19-4) is back in action tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes (32-18-4) for a 6:30 start.
The Wild have lost their last two games and are 4-6-0 in their last ten games. The Hurricanes are coming off two straight losses and are 6-3-1 in their last ten games.
Minnesota shutout the Hurricanes 4-0 in Carolina about a month ago. Filip Gustavsson started that game and stopped all 21 shots. He will be between the pipes tonight.
There will be two changes to the Wild's lineup tonight. Declan Chisholm will draw back in and Jon Merrill will sit out. Vinnie Hinostroza will also make his Wild debut tonight.
He was claimed off waivers on Wednesday by the Wild. Jakub Lauko, who has played in the last nine games, will miss tonight's game with a lower-body injury.
Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change).
Wild Projected Lines
Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Liam Ohgren - Joel Eriksson Ek - Marcus Johansson
Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Vinnie Hinostroza
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Yakov Trenin
Defense:
Jake Middleton - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Jon Merrill, Travis Dermott
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower)
Hurricanes Projected Lines
Mikko Rantanen - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Jackson Blake
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Andrei Svechnikov
Juha Jaaska - Jack Roslovic - Eric Robinson
Defense:
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker
Starting Goaltender: Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Scott Morrow
Injured: Willam Carrier (lower), Tyson Jost (lower)
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on ESPN+/HULU. Mike Monaco will be on the play-by-play with AJ Mleczko as the color analyst. 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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