Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Rangers – 4/2/25

The Minnesota Wild take on the New York Rangers tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

WILD (41-28-6) at RANGERS (35-32-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, MSGSN

Wild projected lineup

Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau

Jacob Middleton — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Jon Merrill

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)

Status report:

Chisholm, who has not played the past four games while dealing with a lower-body injury, will play and replace Merrill, a defenseman, in the lineup. … Wild coach John Hynes said the team is “hopeful” forwards Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek will return before the end of the regular season. Kaprizov is expected to begin contact drills soon.

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Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Brennan Othmann
Alexis Lafreniere — J.T. Miller — Gabe Perreault
Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Will Cuylle
Brett Berard — Sam Carrick — Jonny Brodzinski

K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Carson Soucy — Adam Fox
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Juuso Parssinen, Zac Jones, Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body), Matt Rempe (upper body)

Status report:

Perreault, the No. 34 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft who signed an entry-level contract with the Rangers on Monday, will make his NHL debut. … Rempe, a forward, took part in an optional morning skate but will miss his third straight game. … Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said there would be some lineup decisions but didn’t specify beyond that.

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