Wild Injury Updates: Kaprizov, Spurgeon, Middleton The Minnesota Wild (24-11-4) are back in action tonight to face the Carolina Hurricanes (23-13-2) on the road before they return back home in Minnesota for a few games. The Hurricanes are coming off a win and are 5-4-1 in their last ten games. They currently have the NHL's best penalty kill (85.5%) and are sixth in the NHL on the power play (25%). Minnesota ranks 30th in penalty kill (70.2%) and 20th in power play percentage (18.6%). They will be without its number one threat on the power play in Kirill Kaprizov for the fifth game in a row. There will be only one change for the Wild tonight and it will be the goaltender. Filip Gustavsson will start against Carolina's Pyotr Kochetkov. Gustavsson is 17-6-3 on the year with a 2.28 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage. Kochetkov, 25, is 15-7-1 on the year with a 2.26 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. The Wild are coming off a win and are 5-5-0 in their last ten games. Here are tonight's projected lines for both teams (subject to change). WILD'S PROJECTED LINES Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Ryan Hartman Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones Defense: Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber Declan Chisholm - Zach Bogosian Jon Merrill - Travis Dermott Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Carson Lambos Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jake Middleton (upper), Jared Spurgeon (lower). HURRICANES PROJECTED LINES Jack Roslovic - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Marty Necas William Carrier - Jordan Staal - Jordan Martinook Eric Robinson - Jack Drury - Jackson Blake Defense: Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield Ty Smith - Sean Walker Starting Goaltender: Pyotr Kochetkov Scratched: Riley Stillman Injured: Frederik Anderson (knee), Jesper Fast (neck), Tyson Jost (lower), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper). How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Wes Walz as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg a reporter. The radio broadcast will be on KFAN FM 100.3 with Joe O'Donnell behind the mic doing the play-by-play. Tom Reid as the color analyst and Kevin Falness as the Studio Host. Let us know what you think by commenting below or on the Forum [https://thehockeynews.rtb.io/minnesota-wild/posts]. Make sure you bookmark The Hockey News' Minnesota Wild page [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/] for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns and so much more. Follow Dylan Loucks on Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/dylanloucks.bsky.social] and Twitter (X). [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://twitter.com/DylanLoucks4%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&ved=2ahUKEwiCtt3W2dmJAxVSrokEHVwsBhMQ6F56BAgaEAE&usg=AOvVaw3Nas3mZYaXJ-oCGPNTnt5b]