WILD (38-33-9) at KINGS (43-26-11)
9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson -- Marco Rossi -- Ryan Hartman
Frederick Gaudreau -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Vinni Lettieri
Mason Shaw -- Jacob Lucchini
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Marrill -- Declan Chisholm
Alex Goligoski
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Adam Beckman, Jesper Wallstedt
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (personal)
Kings projected lineup
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Quinton Byfield -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Lewis
Alex Laferriere -- Akil Thomas
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy
Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence
Jacob Moverare
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: Arthur Kaliyev
Injured: Anze Kopitar (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (upper body), Carl Grundstrom (lower body)
Status report
The Wild will use 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the second straight game. … Kopitar, a center, participated in an optional practice Monday but is likely to miss his second straight game to rest.
