Sharks at Wild

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

SHARKS (18-20-4) at WILD (25-13-3)

Sharks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Rudolfs Balcers -- Tomas Hertl -- Timo Meier
Ryan Donato -- Dylan Gambrell -- John Leonard
Jeffrey Viel -- Patrick Marleau -- Marcus Sorensen
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Nikolai Knyzhov -- Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek -- Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Martin Jones
Josef Korenar
Scratched: Kurtis Gabriel, Christian Jaros
Injured: Matt Nieto (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Victor Rask -- Mats Zuccarello
Kevin Fiala -- Ryan Hartman -- Marcus Johansson
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Zach Parise -- Nico Sturm -- Nick Bonino
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Ian Cole -- Carson Soucy
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Brad Hunt, Luke Johnson, Kyle Rau, Joseph Cramarossa
Injured:Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Status report
Vlasic returns after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Bjugstad skated Friday for the first time since his injury; the forward will miss his fifth straight game.

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