Wild at Blackhawks

WILD (22-10-3) at BLACKHAWKS (15-18-6)

Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Matt Boldy -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Kevin Fiala
Connor Dewar -- Nico Sturm -- Brandon Duhaime
Jordie Benn -- Mathew Dumba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Alex Goligoski
Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison
Kaapo Kahkonen
Andrew Hammond
Scratched: Victor Rask
Injured: Jared Spurgeon (lower body), Cam Talbot (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Jonathan Toews -- Dominik Kubalik
Philipp Kurashev -- Kirby Dach -- MacKenzie Entwistle
Mike Hardman -- Sam Lafferty -- Ryan Carpenter
Jake McCabe -- Seth Jones
Calvin de Haan -- Connor Murphy
Riley Stillman -- Erik Gustafsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Brett Connolly, Henrik Borgstrom, Caleb Jones, Jujhar Khaira
Injured: Reese Johnson (clavicle), Tyler Johnson (neck)
Status report
Eriksson Ek returns after missing five games because of an upper-body injury and COVID-19 protocol. ... Talbot, a goalie, is practicing and could back up Kahkonen when the teams play in the second half of the back-to-back Saturday. ... Hartman will play after missing practice Thursday with a non-COVID-19 illness. ... Dach and Connolly, a forward, each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Friday. ... Hardman will play after being recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League. ... Cale Morris, a goalie, was assigned to Rockford.