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WILD (44-23-10) at PENGUINS (38-30-10)

Wild projected lineup
Sam Steel -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Oskar Sundqvist
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Jon Merrill -- John Klingberg
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Alex Goligoski, Calen Addison
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Gustav Nyquist (shoulder)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Danton Heinen -- Ryan Poehling -- Mikael Granlund
Drew O'Connor -- Jeff Carter -- Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Jeff Petry
Mark Friedman -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Alexander Nylander
Injured: Nick Bonino (lacerated kidney), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body), Marcus Pettersson (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Status report
The Wild will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, coach Dean Evason said. ... Kaprizov practiced in a no-contact jersey for the first time since the forward was injured March 8 and could return against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday; he has missed 12 games. … Nyquist also could also play Saturday; the forward has been out since Jan. 25. … Fleury and Gustavsson will alternate starts for the 12th consecutive game. ... Rutta will be a game-time decision. The defenseman has missed 10 games. ... Jarry will make his fourth start in five games.... Nylander, a forward, was recalled on an emergency basis from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Thursday.