WILD (30-27-6) at AVALANCHE (39-20-5)
9 p.m. ET; BSWIX, BSN, NHLN, ALT
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Mats Zuccarello -- Marco Rossi -- Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Adam Beckman
Mason Shaw -- Jake Lucchini -- Vinni Lettieri
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Dakota Mermis -- Jon Merrill
Declan Chisholm -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Alex Goligoski, Jacob Middleton
Injured: Jared Spurgeon (hip), Marcus Johansson (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jonathan Drouin
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Joel Kiviranta
Andrew Cogliano -- Yakov Trenin -- Brandon Duhaime
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Caleb Jones
Injured: Logan O'Connor (lower body), Chris Wagner (upper body), Zach Parise (lower body)
Status report
Minnesota didn't hold a morning skate. … The Wild traded forward Pat Maroon to the Boston Bruins on Friday for forward prospect Luke Toporowski and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Toporowski was assigned to Iowa of the American Hockey League. … Nichushkin will play after missing the past 22 games while in the NHL/NHLPA Players Assistance program. … Parise, a forward, is considered day to day. … Annunen didn't participate in the morning skate because of an illness but coach Jared Bednar is hopeful Annunen can be the backup. ... Duhaime, Mittelstadt, Trenin and Walker each will make his Colorado debut after being acquired this week in trades. Duhaime was acquired from the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, Mittelstadt from the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday, Trenin from the Nashville Predators on Thursday, and Walker from the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.
