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It is the second meeting in the first five games of the season for these two teams. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Minnesota opened the season with a 3-2 win over the Blue Jackets on home ice. It is the second and final meeting between these two teams on the year. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Wild will get both Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Johansson back into the lineup tonight but will be without Jared Spurgeon for the third straight game. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Ryan Hartman is also considered a game time decision for the Wild tonight with an upper-body injury. If he does not play tonight, Marat Khusnutdinov will take his spot as the third line center. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Liam Ohgren will draw into the lineup to play fourth line right wing which will move Freddy Gaudreau to center. If Hartman plays, Khusnutdinov will go back down to the fourth line with Jakub Lauko and Gaudreau. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Here are tonight's projected lines for both teams (subject to change). The Blue Jackets look to be going with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen tonight. " } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Wild's Projected Lines", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Foligno - Marat Khusnutdinov - Yakov Trenin" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jakub Lauko - Freddy Gaudreau - Liam Ohgren" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jake Middleton - Brock Faber" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jonas Brodin - Zach Bogosian" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jon Merrill - Declan Chisholm" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Ryan Hartman (upper-body), Jared Spurgeon (lower-body)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: None" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Blue Jackets' Projected Lines", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Yegor Chinakhov - Sean Monahan - Kirill Marchenko" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "James van Riemsdyk - Adam Fantilli - " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Mikael Pyyhtiä - Cole Sillinger - Justin Danforth" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Zach Aston-Reese - Sean Kuraly - Mathieu Olivier" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Zach Werenski - Ivan Provorov" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jake Christiansen - Damon Severson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jordan Harris - Jack Johnson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "David Jiricek" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Starting Goaltender: Daniil Tarasov" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Scratches: Kevin Labanc" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: Boone Jenner (upper body), Dmitri Voronkov (upper body), Gavin Brindley (broken finger), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Kent Johnson (assumed upper body)." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Bally Sports North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Ryan Carter and Kevin Gorg. 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. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Make sure you bookmark The Hockey News' Minnesota Wild page for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns and so much more." } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Other Wild News", "level": 2 } } ] }

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