Jakub Lauko's Injury ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (32-19-4) is in action tonight against the New York Islanders (25-21-7) for one more game before the 4 Nations two week break. The Wild will be without Joel Eriksson Ek tonight. He is out with a lower-body injury. They will go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. New York is coming off a loss to the Winnipeg Jets last night and is 8-2-0 in its last ten games. The Islanders lost 4-3 to the Jets in Winnipeg yesterday. Minnesota is coming off a win and is 5-5-0 in its last ten games. This is the first of two meetings between the two teams this year. Ilya Sorokin started last night's game in Winnipeg and will start again tonight. The Isles are without two goaltenders due to injuries. Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change). WILD PROJECTED LINES Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Vinnie Hinostroza Marcus Foligno - Marat Khusnutdinov - Liam Ohgren Devin Shore - Yakov Trenin Defense: Jake Middleton - Brock Faber Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian Declan Chisholm Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson Scratched: Travis Dermott Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower), Jakub Lauko (lower), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower). ISLANDERS PROJECTED LINES Anders Lee - Bo Hovart - Anthony Duclair Maxim Tsyplakov - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri Casey Cizikas - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Simon Holmstrom Pierre Engvall - Kyle MacLean - Marc Gatcomb Defense: Alexander Romanov - Tony DeAngelo Adam Pelech - Scott Perunovich Dennis Cholowski - Adam Boqvist Starting Goaltender: Ilya Sorokin Scratched: Hudson Fasching, Matt Martin Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Scott Mayfield (lower body), Noah Dobson (lower body), Ryan Pulock (upper body), Marcus Hogberg (upper body) Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery). 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 as the 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://twitter.com/DylanLoucks4?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]