The Minnesota Wild take on the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of their first-round matchup at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
WILD (WC1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1P)
Western Conference First Round, Game 2
11 p.m. ET, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS, ESPN, SN360, SN, TVAS
Vegas leads best-of-7 series 1-0
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin — Marco Rossi — Justin Brazeau
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Jacob Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium — Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Jon Merrill, Declan Chisholm, Vincent Hinostroza, Devon Shore, Jesper Wallstedt
Injured: None
Status report:
Hartman was on the third line during the Wild morning skate, with Rossi moving to the fourth line.
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Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith
Brett Howden — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak, Tanner Pearson, Ilya Samsonov, Cole Schwindt
Injured: None
Status report
The Golden Knights will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-2 victory in Game 1 on Sunday.
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