ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (1-0-1) is back in action tonight for its first preseason game at home and the first unofficial game in the new Grand Casino Arena. They play host to the Dallas Stars (2-0-0).
Minnesota is bring a pretty heavy NHL lineup with some normal line combinations that we could see to start the season so it will be interesting to follow as preseason continues.
Jesper Wallstedt will get the start tonight and play in two periods for Minnesota. Samuel Hlavaj will get the third period. Casey DeSmith is projected to start for the Stars as they aren't bringing any of their big guns to town.
Wild Projected Lines
Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy
Liam Ohgren - Danila Yurov - Vladimir Tarasenko
Ben Jones - Hunter Haight - Vinnie Hinostroza
Riley Heidt - Bradley Marek - Brett Leason
Defense:
Zeev Buium - Brock Faber
Jake Middleton - David Jiricek
Jack Johnson - Ben Gleason
Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Elliot Desnoyers, Mike Koster
Stars Projected Lines
Adam Erne - Wyatt Johnston - Mavrik Bourque
Oscar Bäck - Radek Faksa - Colin Blackwell
Antonio Stranges - Justin Hryckowian - Nathan Bastian
Angus MacDonnell - Arttu Hyry - Jack Becker
Defense:
Lian Bichsel - Ilya Lyubushkin
Vladislav Kolyachonok - Alex Petrovic
Tristian Bertucci - Christian Kyrou
Starting Goaltender: Casey DeSmith
Scratched: None
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