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Foligno debuts as Wild face Avalanche. See who joins Kaprizov, MacKinnon, and Makar on the ice.

The Minnesota Wild (37-16-10) is back in action today against the Colorado Avalanche (42-10-9) for a day game before returning home for a four-game homestand.

Today marks Nick Foligno's Wild debut. He was acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks at the deadline for nothing. Michael McCarron and Bobby Brink both made their Wild debuts in the last game, so it is Nick's turn now.

Here is tonight's lineup.

Wild Projected Lineup

Kirill Kaprizov - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello

Matt Boldy - Joel Eriksson Ek - Bobby Brink

Yakov Trenin - Danila Yurov - Vladimir Tarasenko

Nico Sturm - Michael McCarron - Nick Foligno

Defense:

Quinn Hughes - Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon

Jake Middleton - Zach Bogosian

Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Jeff Petry, Robby Fabbri.

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower-body), Marcus Johansson (upper-body).

Avalanche Projected Lineup

Nazem Kadri - Nathan MacKinnon - Martin Necas

Ross Colton - Brock Nelson - Valeri Nichushkin

Parker Kelly - Nicolas Roy - Gavin Brindley

Zakhar Bardakov - Jack Drury - Joel Kiviranta

Defense:

Devon Toews - Cale Makar

Josh Manson - Brent Burns

Brett Kulak - Sam Malinski

Starting Goaltender: Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Nick Blankenburg.

Injured: Artturi Lehkonen (upper-body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Gabriel Landeskog (undisclosed).

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