WILD (6-2-2) at FLAMES (2-6-0)
9 p.m. ET; SN1, MINNHL, Wild+
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Blake Coleman -- Ryan Hartman -- Bobby Brink
Maxim Shabanov -- Danila Yurov -- Yakov Trenin
Nico Sturm -- Michael McCarron -- Rieger Lorenz
Quinn Hughes -- Jonas Brodin
Olli Maatta -- Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Matt Kiersted, David Spacek
Injured: Brock Faber (skull fracture), Marcus Foligno (lower body), Nick Foligno (upper body), Filip Gustavsson (hip)
Flames projected lineup
Aydar Suniev -- Morgan Frost – Yegor Sharangovich
Joel Farabee -- Ben Jones -- Matt Coronato
Matvei Gridin – Martin Pospisil -- Ryan Strome
Brennan Othmann -- Jonathan Castagna -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Simon Nemec
Jake Middleton -- Zach Whitecloud
Yan Kuznetsov -- Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Maksim Tsyplakov, Joel Hanley
Injured: Jonathan Huberdeau (hip), Samuel Honzek (lower body), Mikael Backlund (upper body)
Status report
Spurgeon and Maatta will both return after missing four and three games, respectively, with upper-body injuries. ... Wild coach John Hynes said Lorenz will return to the lineup after missing Minnesota’s 4-3 overtime loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday and that he has “one decision up front” when it comes to the lineup. … The Wild reassigned defenseman Carson Lambos to Iowa of the American Hockey League. ... Backlund is day to day. The forward was injured late in the third period of Calgary's 3-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. "There'll be a little moving around," Flames coach Ryan Huska said. … Jones was recalled from Calgary of the AHL on Tuesday and will make his season debut.
