KRAKEN (33-35-13) at WILD (39-33-9)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN
Kraken projected lineup
Andre Burakovsky -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Kailer Yamamoto -- Jared McCann
Tye Kartye -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tomas Tatar -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Brandon Tanev
Ryker Evans -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Cale Fleury, Eeli Tolvanen
Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson -- Marco Rossi – Mats Zuccarello
Frederick Gaudreau -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ryan Hartman
Mason Shaw -- Jacob Lucchini
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill -- Declan Chisholm
Alex Goligoski
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Adam Beckman, Vinni Lettieri
Injured: None
Status report
The Kraken held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Grubauer is expected to make his seventh start in nine games. ... The Wild did not hold a morning skate Thursday. ... Zuccarello will return after missing three games for personal reasons. ... Fleury will start. ... Minnesota is expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third straight game.
