Wild at Bruins projected lineups

WILD (14-3-4) at BRUINS (13-5-1)

7 p.m. ET; Wild+, MINNHL, NESN

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Maxim Shabanov -- Danila Yurov -- Yakov Trenin

Blake Coleman -- Michael McCarron -- Bobby Brink

Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Nick Foligno

Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber

Jared Spurgeon -- Jonas Brodin

Olli Maatta -- Zach Bogosian

Jesper Wallstedt

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Nico Sturm, David Spacek, Matt Kiersted

Injured: Filip Gustavsson (lower body)

Bruins projected lineup

JJ Peterka -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak

Mikey Eyssimont -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie

Casey Mittelstadt -- Elias Lindholm -- Marat Khusnutdinov

Tanner Jeannot -- Matthew Poitras -- Mark Kastelic

Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov -- William Borgen

Frederic Brunet -- Connor Clifton

Jeremy Swayman

Michael DiPietro

Scratched: Jonathan Aspirot, Sean Kuraly, Mason Lohrei

Injured: James Hagens (back)

Status report

Faber will make his season debut; the defenseman has not played since sustaining a skull fracture in a preseason game against the Dallas Stars on Sept. 25; the injury required surgery, which he underwent two days later. ... Coach John Hynes said he hasn’t decided whether Faber will be paired with Hughes or Brodin. ... Lohrei, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch. ... Clifton will be paired with Brunet after being a healthy scratch the past five games.