Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images.The Minnesota Wild arrived in Vegas on Friday night. Minnesota was on the ice for practice on Saturday ahead of its Game 1 matchup against the Vegas Golden Knights.
It was the same line combinations for the Wild as their last practice so it looks as if rookie defenseman Zeev Buium will play Game 1 vs Vegas on Sunday.
The Wild also have listed their 'Black Aces' with Jesper Wallstedt, Devin Shore, Brendan Gaunce, Liam Ohgren, Travis Boyd, and Ben Jones.
Here were the Wild's lines in practice on Saturday.
Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno - Marco Rossi - Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin - Ryan Hartman - Justin Brazeau
Defense:
Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian
Goalies:
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Jon Merrill, Vinnie Hinostroza, and Declan Chisholm are the scratches for the Wild.
Power Play:
PP1:
Eriksson Ek
Zuccarello-Kaprizov-Boldy
Buium
PP2:
Johansson
Nyquist-Gaudreau-Rossi
Spurgeon