WILD (12-3-4) at CANADIENS (11-3-3)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MINNHL, Wild+
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Maxim Shabanov -- Danila Yurov -- Yakov Trenin
Blake Coleman -- Michael McCarron -- Bobby Brink
Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Nick Foligno
Quinn Hughes -- Jonas Brodin
Olli Maatta -- Jared Spurgeon
Matt Kiersted -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Nico Sturm, David Spacek
Injured: Brock Faber (skull fracture), Filip Gustavsson (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Chris Kreider -- Jake Evans -- John Anderson
Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Alexandre Texier
Alex Newhook -- Oliver Kapanen -- Kirby Dach
Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson
Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj -- Adam Engstrom
Jacob Fowler
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Florian Xhekaj, Owen Beck
Injured: Mike Matheson (lower body), Ivan Demidov (lower body), Samuel Montembeault (lower body)
Status report
Spurgeon will return after missing five games because of a lower-body injury. … McCarron will play after an upper-body injury forced him to miss a 4-3 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. ... Wild forward Tyler Pitlick was assigned to Iowa of the American Hockey League, and defenseman Cameron Crotty was claimed off waivers by the Vancouver Canucks. … Evans did not take part in the morning skate after he was injured at practice Monday; Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said he will be a game-time decision. Florian Xhekaj, a forward, will play if Evans is unable.
