Wild at Sharks

WILD (19-11-2) at SHARKS (10-18-6)

Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Sam Steel -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Ryan Hartman -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Ryan Reaves -- Connor Dewar -- Mason Shaw
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Alex Goligoski, Steven Fogarty
Injured: Brandon Duhaime (upper body)
Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Matt Nieto -- Nick Bonino -- Kevin Labanc
Noah Gregor -- Nico Sturm -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Oskar Lindblom -- Steven Lorentz -- Jonah Gadjovich
Scott Harrington -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Mario Ferraro -- Jaycob Megna
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: CJ Suess, Radim Simek
Injured: Nikolai Knyzhov (Achilles), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Luke Kunin (knee)
Suspended: Tomas Hertl
Status report
The Wild did not hold a morning skate Thursday following a 4-1 win at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. ... Gustavsson will start after Fleury made 21 saves Wednesday... Kahkonen is projected to start after Reimer made 32 saves in a 7-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. ... Megna is projected to return to the lineup in place of Simek, a defenseman. ... Hertl, a center, will serve the second of a two-game suspension for high-sticking Flames center Elias Lindholm during a 5-2 loss Sunday.