Wild Make Power Play Defenseman Swap

The Wild made a blueline change on the top power-play unit.

On Monday in St. Paul, the Wild made a change to some of their lines. Brock Faber, who has been running the Wild's top power play unit the whole year, was moved to the second unit. 

Faber, 22, has two goals and nine points in 17 games this season. He has four power play points this year. 

Declan Chisholm was moved to the top unit. He has four assists in 12 games this year and one point on the power play. 

Chisholm, 24, has three assists in his last four games for the Wild and will now get a chance on the number one power play unit. 

“Just a little bit of a different look,” Wild head coach John Hynes said. “With (Mats) Zuccarello out, it changes the dynamic a little bit of the power play. Having a lefty up there (Chisholm) may give Bolds a few more options. I also think a lefty up top might be easier to get some pucks over to the left side. 

"The power play has been a little bit out of sync, and now we have some different guys that have been on and off it. That’s why we did it. Fabes is still running the top on the other unit.”

The second unit is now Marcus Johansson, Marco Rossi, Freddy Gaudreau, Jared Spurgeon, and Faber. The first unit is Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman, and Chisholm. 

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