Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-Imagn Images. [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/6f50dff4-73bf-4a56-8851-09be928f7a3c.jpeg] Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-Imagn Images. Kirill Kaprizov is dominating. ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild is back in action tonight for Game 6 against the Vegas Golden Knights. It is a win or go home situation for the Wild as they look to force a Game 7 back in Vegas with a win tonight. The Wild are not expected to make any changes tonight. Head coach John Hynes said this morning that Filip Gustavsson should start tonight. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/game-day/wilds-filip-gustavsson-expected-to-start-in-goal-for-game-6] He left Game 5 after the second period with an illness. We won't know the lines until warmups but the Wild are expected to roll out the same lineup tonight as Game 5. For the Golden Knights, Pavel Dorofeyev will miss tonight's game. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/golden-knights-face-wild-for-game-6-tonight-without-their-top-goal-scorer] Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy said this morning that Dorofeyev is listed as day-to-day. Victor Olofsson will come in and replace Dorofeyev in the lineup. He played in the first three games of the series until the Golden Knights decided to play Tanner Pearson for the last two games. He assisted on the Game 5 overtime winner. Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change). WILD PROJECTED LINES Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/wild-sticking-with-gustav-nyquist-freddy-gaudreau-despite-production] - Gustav Nyquist [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/wild-sticking-with-gustav-nyquist-freddy-gaudreau-despite-production] Yakov Trenin - Marco Rossi - Justin Brazeau Defense: Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber Jake Middleton - Jared Spurgeon Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Devin Shore, Jesper Wallstedt, Liam Ohgren, Vinnie Hinostroza, Zeev Buium. Injured: None Black Aces: Hunter Haight, Cameron Crotty, Carson Lambos, Travis Boyd, Brendan Gaunce, Samuel Hlavaj, and Ben Jones. GOLDEN KNIGHTS PROJECTED LINES William Karlsson - Jack Eichel - Mark Stone Brandon Saad - Tomas Hertl - Victor Olofsson Ivan Barbashev - Nicolas Roy - Reilly Smith Tanner Pearson - Brett Howden - Keegan Kolesar Defense: Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore Nicolas Hague - Alex Pietrangelo Noah Hanifin - Zach Whitecloud Starting Goaltender: Adin Hill Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton, Ilya Samsonov, Kaedan Korczak, Cole Schwindt. Injured: Pavel Dorofeyev 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. WILD RELATED NEWS Wild's Filip Gustavsson Expected To Start In Goal For Game 6 [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/cd9ffec2-5fe7-42d6-8c49-238febb6a5de.jpeg] Wild's Filip Gustavsson Expected To Start In Goal For Game 6 <b>ST. PAUL, Minn -</b> There was some concern when <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/wilds-marc-andre-fleury-sets-nhl-playoff-goaltending-record">Filip Gustavsson left Game 5</a> after the second period with an illness and then to not return to the bench for the rest of the game. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/game-day/wilds-filip-gustavsson-expected-to-start-in-goal-for-game-6] Golden Knights Face Wild For Game 6 Tonight Without Their Top Goal Scorer [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/46984549-1bc7-4311-b67c-9fec5af2e085.jpeg] Golden Knights Face Wild For Game 6 Tonight Without Their Top Goal Scorer <b>ST. PAUL, Minn -</b> The <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vegas-golden-knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a> will be without its top goal scorer from the regular season. Head coach Bruce Cassidy confirmed this morning that Pavel Dorofeyev will not play tonight. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/golden-knights-face-wild-for-game-6-tonight-without-their-top-goal-scorer]
