Wild at Sharks

WILD (8-6-0) at SHARKS (7-7-2)

Wild projected lineup
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Kevin Fiala
Kirill Kaprizov -- Victor Rask -- Mats Zuccarello
Zach Parise -- Ryan Hartman -- Marcus Foligno
Nico Sturm -- Nick Bonino -- Nick Bjugstad
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Carson Soucy -- Ian Cole
Kaapo Kahkonen
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Matt Bartkowski, Brad Hunt, Gerry Mayhew, Andrew Hammond
Injured: Marcus Johansson (upper body), Alex Stalock (upper body)
Sharks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Rudolfs Balcers -- Tomas Hertl -- Timo Meier
Marcus Sorensen -- Patrick Marleau -- Ryan Donato
Matt Nieto -- Noah Gregor -- John Leonard
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Nicolas Meloche
Fredrik Claesson -- Nikolai Knyzhov
Martin Jones
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched: Jacob Middleton, Stefan Noesen
Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body), Radim Simek (upper body), Dylan Gambrell (head)
Status report
Talbot will back up Kahkonen after missing the past three games while in NHL COVID-19 protocol … Soucy returns after being removed from the COVID-19 protocol list. … Johansson, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … Gambrell, a forward, is in concussion protocol after he left a 5-4 win at the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. … Karlsson, a defenseman, will not play for the fourth straight game but could return Saturday against the Blues, Sharks coach Bob Boughner said. ... Simek, a defenseman, is close to returning but will be out for the fourth straight game.