WILD (3-3-1) at CAPITALS (2-3-1)
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, BSWI, BSN
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Pat Maroon
Marcus Foligno -- Marco Rossi -- Vinni Lettieri
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Jacob Middleton -- Dakota Mermis
Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison
Daemon Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Jujhar Khaira
Injured: Matthew Boldy (upper body), Alex Goligoski (lower body), Mason Shaw (knee), Jared Spurgeon (upper body), Frederick Gaudreau (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Connor McMichael -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn -- Aliaksei Protas -- Matthew Phillips
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Alexander Alexeyev -- Nick Jensen
Darcy Kuemper
Hunter Shepard
Scratched: Hardy Haman Aktell, Lucas Johansen
Injured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Joel Edmundson (hand), Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Charlie Lindgren (upper body)
Status report
The Wild did not hold a morning skate following a 5-2 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. … Fleury will start after Gustavsson made 29 saves Thursday. ... Hunt, recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, will make his NHL debut. ... Minnesota will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Khaira, a forward, coming out of the lineup. ... Sandin took part in the Capitals' morning skate and will be a game-time decision; he left with an undisclosed injury in the third period of a 6-4 win at the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday after a hit from defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler. ... Kuemper will start after Shepard made 18 saves in his NHL debut Wednesday. ... Lindgren skated Friday but will not dress.
