Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Blackhawks – 1/26/25

The Minnesota Wild take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

WILD (28-17-4) at BLACKHAWKS (15-28-5)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, CHSN, SN1

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov — Joel Eriksson Ek — Mats Zuccarello
Liam Ohgren — Marco Rossi — Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno — Frederick Gaudreau — Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin — Marat Khusnutdinov — Jakub Lauko

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

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Travis Dermott, Devin Shore

Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower body), Marcus Johansson (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate … Gustavsson is likely to start after Fleury made 24 saves in a 5-4 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday. 

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi — Connor Bedard — Frank Nazar
Teuvo Teravainen — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach — Lukas Reichel — Nick Foligno
Patrick Maroon — Ryan Donato — Philipp Kurashev

Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alec Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Nolan Allan — Ethan Del Mastro

Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: TJ Brodie

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Connor Murphy (groin), Craig Smith (back)

Status report

Martinez and Jones did not practice for the Blackhawks on Saturday because of illness, but each defenseman could play.

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