Wild at Blackhawks

WILD (45-24-10) at BLACKHAWKS (25-48-6)

Wild projected lineup
Marcus Johansson -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Gustav Nyquist -- Sam Steel -- Marcus Foligno
Nic Petan -- Marco Rossi -- Ryan Hartman
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Jake Middleton -- Calen Addison
Alex Goligoski -- Brock Faber
Jon Merrill -- John Klingberg
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched:Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello, Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin, Mathew Dumba
Injured:Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Oskar Sundqvist (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Tyler Johnson -- Jonathan Toews -- Jason Dickinson
Anders Bjork - Andreas Athanasiou - Buddy Robinson
Boris Katchouk - Jujhar Khaira - Joey Anderson
Austin Wagner -- MacKenzie Entwistle -- Reese Johnson
Caleb Jones -- Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser -- Connor Murphy
Andreas Englund -- Nikita Zaitsev
Alex Stalock
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Jarred Tinordi, Ian Mitchell
Injured:Colin Blackwell (groin), Philipp Kurashev (shoulder), Taylor Raddysh (groin)
Status report
Faber will make his NHL debut after signing a three-year, entry-level contract Sunday. … Forwards Kaprizov and Zuccarello and defensemen Brodin and Spurgeon did not make the trip to Chicago. Coach Dean Evason said each is "banged up" to some degree. … Gustavsson will start for the second straight game. … Robinson was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League. The Blackhawks returned defenseman
Alex Vlasic
and
Lukas Reichel
to Rockford.