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PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (20-10-4) are back in action tonight before the Christmas break to face the Chicago Blackhawks (12-20-2) on home ice. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Wild have lost four straight games and are in their first slump of the season. But they will get two players back from injuries tonight. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Yakov Trenin is set to draw back into the lineup tonight for Brendan Gaunce. He missed the last five games with an upper-body injury. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Filip Gustavsson is also back for the Wild. He hasn't played in the last five games and has missed the last four with a lower-body injury. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Gustavsson is expected to start tonight against the Blackhawks. In other injury news, Joel Eriksson Ek skated this morning but won't play tonight. He has missed the last nine games with a lower-body injury but could play after the break. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Blackhawks are coming off a loss and are 4-6-0 in their last ten games. This is the third meeting between the two teams. Chicago won the first game in overtime but Minnesota answered on Nov 29th with a win. They trailed that game 2-0 but won 3-2. " } }, { "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 - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Matt Boldy" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Marcus Foligno - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ryan Hartman" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Devin Shore - Ben Jones - Yakov Trenin" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jonas Brodin - 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: Travis Dermott, Brendan Gaunce" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: Jakub Lauko (lower), Jake Middleton (upper), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower)" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Blackhawks Projected Lines", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Taylor Hall - Connor Bedard - Tyler Bertuzzi " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Nick Foligno - Frank Nazar III - Ryan Donato" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Teuvo Teravainen - Jason Dickinson - Ilya Mikheyev" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Pat Maroon - Lukas Reichel - Joey Anderson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defense: " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Alex Vlasic - Connor Murphy " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Nolan Allan - Seth Jones" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kevin Korchinski - TJ Brodie" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Starting Goaltender: Arvid Soderblom" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Scratched: Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injured: Alec Martinez (upper), Craig Smith (lower), Laurent Brossoit (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 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." } }, { "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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