Analyze the explosive line combinations and strategic shifts that will define the Wild-Blackhawks showdown. Who will ignite the offense?
The Minnesota Wild (38-18-12) is back in action tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks (25-30-11) for a St. Patrick's Day Special.
Minnesota had a morning skate today. Wild head coach John Hynes said that they will be without their top center tonight.
Here are tonight's line combinations.
Wild Projected Lineup
Kirill Kaprizov - Danila Yurov -Matt Boldy
Vladimir Tarasenko - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello
Nick Foligno - Michael McCarron - Marcus Johansson
Yakov Trenin - Nico Sturm - Robby Fabbri
Defense:
Quinn Hughes - Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight, Jeff Petry.
Injured: Bobby Brink (shoulder), Marcus Foligno (lower-body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower-body).
Blackhawks Projected Lineup
Ryan Greene - Connor Bedard - Andre Burakovsky
Tyler Bertuzzi - Frank Nazar - Teuvo Teravainen
Andrew Mangiapane - Ryan Donato - Ilya Mikheyev
Nick Lardis - Sam Lafferty - Landon Slaggert
Defense:
Alex Vlasic - Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser - Sam Rinzel
Ethan Del Mastro - Louis Crevier
Starting Goaltender: Spencer Knight
Scratched: Matt Grzelcyk
Injured: Oliver Moore (lower-body).
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