The New Jersey Devils take on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DEVILS (38-29-7) at WILD (41-27-5)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, MSGSN
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Nico Hischier — Timo Meier
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter — Justin Dowling — Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Cody Glass (undisclosed)
Status report
Neither team will hold a morning skate; the Devils will play the second a back-to-back after a 4-0 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Hughes did not play because of a lower-body injury and will be reevaluated before the game.
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Wild projected lineup
Mats Zuccarello — Marco Rossi — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Gustav Nyquist
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Vinnie Hinostroza
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau
Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Cameron Crotty, Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Declan Chisholm (lower body)
Status report
Fleury is expected to start for the second time in three games.
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- 3 Takeaways From the Wild’s Win Over the Capitals
