Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Jets – 12/21/24

The Minnesota Wild take on the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.


WILD (20-9-4) at JETS (23-10-1)

7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNW, FDSNNO, FDSNWIX

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno — Marat Khusnutdinov — Ryan Hartman
Devin Shore — Brendan Gaunce — Ben Jones

Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Jesper Wallstedt
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Travis Dermott, Travis Boyd

Injured: Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jake Middleton (upper body), Jakub Lauko (upper body), Yakov Trenin (upper body), Filip Gustavsson (lower body)

Status report

The Wild did not hold a morning skate after a 2-1 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Friday.

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Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti — Vladislav Namestnikov — Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron — Rasmus Kupari — Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley — Ville Heinola

Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie

Scratched: Colin Miller

Injured: Dylan Samberg (foot), David Gustafsson (upper body)

Status report

The Jets held an optional morning skate. Gustafsson, a forward, skated but is not expected to play.

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