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The Wild are coming off a loss and are 5-3-2 in their last ten games. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Sabres have won three straight and are 7-3-0 in their last ten games. Not only have the Sabres been playing well, but they are 7-1-1 in their last nine games against the Wild. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Minnesota is 2-3-4 in that span. Five of the last eight games between the two teams have gone to overtime or a shootout. The Sabres have won four of those games. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "These games are always close and tonight could be the same. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Buffalo will welcome Tage Thompson back into the lineup tonight. For the Wild, Jakub Lauko will miss tonight's game. He left in the third period of the Wild's last game with a lower-body injury. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marat Khusnutdinov will also miss tonight's game. Wild head coach John Hynes said this morning that he is day-to-day. He could return this weekend though. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Filip Gustavsson will start again for the Wild tonight. For the Sabres it will be Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change)." } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Wild's Projected Lines", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Johansson - Marco Rossi - Ryan Hartman" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Foligno - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Devin Shore - Ben Jones - Travis Boyd" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jake Middleton - Brock Faber" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Scratched: None" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower), Marat Khusnutdinov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Jonas Brodin (upper)" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Sabres Projected Lines", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "JJ Peterka - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - Peyton Krebs" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jason Zucker - Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Beck Malenstyn - Ryan McLeod - Sam Lafferty" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense: " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Rasmus Dahlin - Bo Byram " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Starting Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Nicolas Aube-Kubel" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: Jordan Greenway (mid-body), Mattias Samuelsson (lower)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Ryan Carter 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." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Let us know what you think by commenting below or on the Forum." } }, { "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": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Follow Dylan Loucks on Blue Sky and Twitter (X)." } } ] }

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