ST. PAUL, Minn – The Minnesota Wild (17-9-5) are set to play the Ottawa Senators (14-12-4) on Saturday and the Boston Bruins on Sunday. They shocked the NHL when a blockbuster trade with the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Quinn Hughes happened on Friday night.
Hughes is not expected to play today but will likely play on Sunday.
Jonas Brodin was listed as a possibility for this weekend. Wild head coach John Hynes said on Friday that Brodin is questionable with an injury.
Matt Kiersted and David Jiricek were both recalled. One of them will play because Zeev Buium was traded but the other would only play if Brodin isn’t available.
Here are today’s projected lines.
Kirill Kaprizov – Danila Yurov – Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Johansson – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin – Nico Sturm – Ryan Hartman
Nicolas Aube-Kubel – Ben Jones – Tyler Pitlick
Defense:
Daemon Hunt – Brock Faber
Zach Bogosian – Jared Spurgeon
Matt Kiersted – David Jiricek
Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Ben Jones, Quinn Hughes.
Injured: Jake Middleton (upper-body), Jonas Brodin (upper-body), Mats Zuccarello (upper-body), Marcus Foligno (lower-body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower-body).
Brady Tkachuk – Tim Stutzle – Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron – Dylan Cozens – Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio – Ridly Greig – Claude Giroux
Kurtis MacDermid – Stephen Halliday – Nick Cousins
Defense:
Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven – Jordan Spence
Nikolas Matinpalo – Nick Jensen
Starting Goaltender: Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert.
Injured: Thomas Chabot (upper body), Shane Pinto (lower body), Lars Eller (lower body).
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight’s game will be on Fanduel Sports Network North. Anthony LaPanta will be on the play-by-play with Alex Stalock as the color analyst and Kevin Gorg the reporter. The radio broadcast will be on KFAN FM 100.3 with Joe O’Donnell behind the mic doing the play-by-play. Tom Reid as the color analyst and Kevin Falness as the Studio Host.
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