Today, the Minnesota Wild take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. Here are predictions/expected lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
Wild (36-31-9) vs. Blackhawks (23-48-5)
3:30pm ET. BSWIX, BSN, NBCSCH
Expected wild lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Joel Erickson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson – Marco Rossi – Mats Zuccarello
Adam Beckman — Marat Husnutdinov — Frederic Gaudreau
Ryan Hartman – Jacob Lucchini – Vinni Lettieri
Jake Middleton – Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Declan Chisholm
John Merrill — Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Marc-Andre Fleury
With scratches: Alex Goligoski, Mason Shaw, Dakota Mermis
Injured: none
Status report:
- Neither team had a morning skate.
- Walstedt was recalled from Iowa State of the American Hockey League on Saturday and will start. He made his NHL debut on January 10 against the Dallas Stars in a 7-2 loss.
- Fleury made 21 saves in Saturday's 4-2 loss to Winnipeg.
- Hartman could be reinstated after serving a three-game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct following a 2-1 overtime loss to the Las Vegas Golden Knights on March 30.
- Bogosian missed two games with a mid-body injury but could return.
Details from THW:
Blackhawks projected lineup
Connor Bedard — Jason Dickinson — Philip Kurashev
Nick Foligno – Tyler Johnson – Joey Anderson
Lucas Reichel — Andreas Athanasiou — Colin Blackwell
Landon Slaggert – Mackenzie Entwistle – Ryan Donato
Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski – Jacob Meghna
Jared Tinordi – Wyatt Kaiser
Arvid Soderblom
Petr Mrazek
With scratches: Taylor Radish
Injured: Connor Murphy (groin), Reece Johnson (concussion), Nikita Zaitsev (upper body)
status report
- Mrazek made 42 saves in a 3-2 win against Dallas on Saturday, so Soderblom could start.
Details from THW:
