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SAINT PAUL, MN -- The Calgary Flames battle the Minnesota Wild tonight and will make lineup changes ahead of the match-up.
Matthew Tkachuk will return to the lineup and slot in the left side with Mikael Backlund and Michael Frolik. The 18-year-old missed two games with a wrist injury.
Garnet Hathaway is also slated to join the lineup, playing on a line with Micheal Ferland and Freddie Hamilton. Hunter Shinkaruk and Linden Vey are expected to be scratches this evening.
On defence, Jyrki Jokipakka is expected to be a healthy scratch.
Here are tonight's projected lineups for the Flames and Wild:

PROJECTED FLAMES LINEUP

PROJECTED WILD LINEUP

FORWARDS
Nino Niederreiter - Eric Staal - Charlie Coyle
Mikael Granlund - Mikko Koivu - Jason Zucker
Zach Parise - Erik Haula - Jason Pominville
Zack Mitchell - Tyler Graovac - Chris Stewart
DEFENCE
Ryan Suter - Matt Dumba
Mike Reilly - Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin - Christian Folin
GOALTENDER
Devan Dubnyk