The Minnesota Wild take on the Winnipeg Jets at the Canadian Life Centre. Here are the projected/anticipated lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent reporters and others.
Wild (11-7-4) at Jets (12-8-0)
4 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN3, FDSNNO, FDSNWI
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov – Daniela Yurov – Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johnson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno – Yakov Trenin – Nico Sturm
Liam Ogren – Ben Jones – Tyler Pitlick
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Jack Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium — Zach Bogosian
Philip Gustafson
Jesper Wallstetter
Scratches: David Giricek, Damon Hunter, Hunter Hight
Injuried: Vladimir Tarasenko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Ryan Hartman (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (undisclosed)
status report
Wild coach John Hines said Hinostroza “will be out for a while” and the forward will likely be sent back to Minnesota for evaluation; Hinostroza left the game in the second period of Minnesota’s 5-0 win on Friday after being hit by Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves. … Sturm was injured during training camp and is expected to make his season debut while recovering from back surgery.
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor – Mark Sheffield – Gabriel Vilardi
Vladislav Namestnikov — Adam Lowry — Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreit — Jonathan Toews — Gustav Nyquist
Cole Koepke — Morgan Barron — Alex Yaffalo
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMello
Dylan Samberg – Neil Pionk
Logan Stanley — Luke Schenn
Eric Comrie
Thomas Millidge
Scratches: Colin Miller, Tanner Pearson
Injuried: Haydn Fleury (concussion), Connor Hellebuyck (knee)
status report
Scheffler did not participate in the Jets’ practice on Saturday due to maintenance reasons but is expected to play on Sunday. … Hellebuyck is expected to miss 4-6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery on Saturday.
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