The Minnesota Wild take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
WILD (2-1-0) at STARS (2-0-0)
9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Vladimir Tarasenko
Yakov Trenin — Ryan Hartman — Marcus Foligno
Liam Ohgren — Danila Yurov — Vinnie Hinostroza
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Zeev Buium — Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton — Zack Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight, David Jiricek
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower body), Nico Sturm (back)
Status report
The Wild did not hold a morning skate after a 4-3 shootout win against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
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Stars projected lineup
Sam Steel — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Justin Hryckowian — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jason Robertson — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Colin Blackwell — Radek Faksa — Nathan Bastian
Esa Lindell — Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley — Nils Lundkvist
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Adam Erne, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured: Oskar Back (undisclosed), Jamie Benn (collapsed lung)
Status report
Petrovic will make his season debut, replacing Lyubushkin on defense.
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