The Minnesota Wild take on the Carolina Hurricanes at the Lenovo Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
WILD (24-11-4) at HURRICANES (23-13-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNOX, FDSNSO
Wild projected lineup
Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno — Frederick Gaudreau — Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore — Marat Khusnutdinov — Ben Jones
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill — Travis Dermott
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Carson Lambos
Injured: Jake Middleton (upper body), Jakub Lauko (upper body), Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Jared Spurgeon (lower body)
Status report
The Wild will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 shootout win at the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jack Roslovic
Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William Carrier
Eric Robinson — Jack Drury — Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith — Sean Walker
Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: None
Injured: Tyson Jost (lower body), Frederik Andersen (knee), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper body)
Status report
Drury will return after missing 10 games because of hand surgery; he was injured in a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 10 … Jost will get a second opinion on his injury and is expected to be out longer than week to week, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said; the forward was injured in Carolina’s 4-3 shootout loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
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