Wild vs. Blackhawks Projected Lineups – 11/26/25 – The Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Minnesota Wild take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. Here are the projected/anticipated lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent reporters and others.
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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: Vladamir Tarasenko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Ryan Hartman (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (undisclosed)
status report
On Thursday, each team held an optional morning skate. … Gustafsson will start after Wallstetter made 32 saves in a 3-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Green – Connor Bedard – Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Oliver Moore
Ryan Donato – Jason Dickinson – Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach — Sam Rafferty
Alex Vlasik — Louis Creville
Wyatt Caesar — Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Sam Linzel
Spencer Knight
Arvid Söderblom
Scratches: Landon Slagter
Injuried: Andre Burakovsky (undisclosed), Nick Foligno (left hand), Laurent Brosoit (hip)
status report
Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill said Burakovsky will make a game-time decision; the forward has missed two games. … The Blackhawks are expected to field 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
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