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The St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild will face off in the first-ever NHL exhibition game in Des Moines, IA on Wednesday.
The puck drops at 7 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena, home of the Minnesota Wild's American Hockey League affiliate, the Iowa Wild.
The Wells Fargo Arena seats close to 15,000 fans for hockey and is expected to be jam-packed for Wednesday's game.

Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn, Alexander Steen, Alex Pietrangelo and Joel Edmundson are among the players traveling to Des Moines for the game.
Ville Husso will start in goal.
The Blues are 0-1 in the preseason after dropping the opener on Tuesday night in Dallas. Jordan Kyrou recorded a goal and an assist in the loss, while Pat Maroon and Dmitrij Jaskin also scored for the Blues, who surrendered four goals in the third period.
Chris Kerber and Joey Vitale will call Wednesday's action on KMOX 1120 AM and on Sports Radio 98.1 HD3. Fans can also listen live at stlouisblues.com or by using the NHL App and setting the St. Louis Blues as their favorite team.

GAMEDAY LINEUP

Forwards: Ivan Barbashev, Sammy Blais, Tyler Bozak, Robby Fabbri, Klim Kostin, Adam Musil, Brayden Schenn, Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Steen, Chris Thorburn, Alexey Toropchenko
Defense: Joel Edmundson, Sam Lofquist, Niko Mikkola, Alex Pietrangelo, Mitch Reinke, Jake Walman
Goalies: Ville Husso, Evan Fitzpatrick