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PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (19-5-4) are back home tonight for six of their next seven games. They will host the Edmonton Oilers (16-10-2) tonight for a 7:30 p.m. start. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Edmonton has won three straight games and is 7-3-0 in its last ten games. The Oilers are 8-4-1 on the road this year. The Wild are coming off a win and are 7-2-1 in their last ten. They are 7-3-1 at home this season. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "There will be no line changes for the Wild tonight. Filip Gustavsson will start again for the Wild. He is 2-0-0 against the Oilers in his career with a 3.00 goals-against average (GAA) and a .916 save percentage (SV%)." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Calvin Pickard will start for the Oilers tonight. He is 2-4-0 in his career against the Wild with a 2.80 GAA and a .909 SV%. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Oilers just recently claimed defenseman Alec Regula off waivers from the Boston Bruins but he is not expected to play tonight." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Minnesota has done a good job in the last couple of meetings against Connor McDavid and shutting him down. But that has mainly been with Jonas Brodin and Joel Eriksson Ek on the ice for the Wild. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Both will not play tonight. Eriksson Ek has not skated yet since his injury and his timetable is still unknown, according to head coach John Hynes. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Mats Zuccarello and Brodin both were on the ice for the Wild at morning skate but won't play. There is no timetable for either of the two. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Here are tonight's lines (subject to change). " } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Wild Projected Lines", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - Matt Boldy " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Marcus Johansson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jakub Lauko - Freddy Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones" } }, { "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: Cameron Crotty, Reese Johnson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: Joel Eriksson Ek (lower), Jonas Brodin (upper), Mats Zuccarello (lower)" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Oilers Projected Lines ", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Kasperi Kapanen" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jeff Skinner - Adam Henrique - Mattias Janmark" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Corey Perry - Derek Ryan - Connor Brown" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Darnell Nurse - Troy Stecher " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Brett Kulak - Ty Emberson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Starting Goaltender: Calvin Pickard" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Scratched: Alec Regula, Travis Dermott" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: None" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on ESPN+ and Hulu. Steve Levy will be on the play-by-play with Ray Ferraro and Leah Hextall as the two color analysts. 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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