Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Kraken – 3/4/25

The Minnesota Wild take on the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

WILD (35-22-4) at KRAKEN (26-31-4)

10 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNOX, KHN, KONG

Wild projected lineup

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

Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: David Jiricek, Brendan Gaunce

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

Status report:

Hartman, a center, will return following an eight-game suspension for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle during a 6-0 loss Feb. 1.

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Kraken projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz — Matty Beniers — Kaapo Kakko
Eeli Tolvanen — Chandler Stephenson — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Andre Burakovsky
Brandon Tanev — Yanni Gourde — Jordan Eberle

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak — Brandon Montour
Joshua Mahura — Cale Fleury

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Ben Meyers

Injured: None

Status report:

The Kraken held an optional morning skate Tuesday. … Gourde will be a game-time decision; he has been out since Jan. 2 because of sports hernia surgery.

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