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Discover the strategic shifts as the Wild prepare to face the potent Lightning, eyeing critical lineup adjustments before the deadline.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild (35-16-10) is back in action tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning (38-16-4) on national television (TNT).

This is a big matchup for the Wild tonight and a good measuring stick type of game before the NHL trade deadline.

Here is tonights lineup.

Wild Projected Lineup

Kirill Kaprizov - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

Yakov Trenin - Danila Yurov - Vladimir Tarasenko

Robby Fabbri - Nico Sturm - Vinnie Hinostroza

Defense:

Quinn Hughes - Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon

Jake Middleton - Zach Bogosian

Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Ben Jones, Daemon Hunt.

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower-body).

Lightning Projected Lineup

Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov

Conor Geekie - Anthony Cirelli - Brandon Hagel

Zemgus Girgensons - Yanni Gourde - Pontus Holmberg

Oliver Bjorkstrand - Curtis Douglas

Defense:

J.J. Moser - Darren Raddysh

Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak

Charle-Edouard D'Astous - Victor Hedman

Declan Carlile

Starting Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy

Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Emil Lilleberg.

Injured: Gage Goncalves (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower-body), Nick Paul (lower-body), Max Crozier (core muscle).

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