WILD (6-2-2) at FLAMES (2-6-0)
9 p.m. ET; SN1, MINNHL, Wild+
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Blake Coleman -- Ryan Hartman -- Bobby Brink
Maxim Shabanov -- Danila Yurov -- Yakov Trenin
Nico Sturm -- Michael McCarron -- Rieger Lorenz
Quinn Hughes -- Jonas Brodin
Olli Maatta -- Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Matt Kiersted, David Spacek
Injured: Brock Faber (skull fracture), Marcus Foligno (lower body), Nick Foligno (upper body), Filip Gustavsson (hip)
Flames projected lineup
Aydar Suniev -- Morgan Frost – Yegor Sharangovich
Joel Farabee -- Ben Jones -- Matt Coronato
Matvei Gridin – Martin Pospisil -- Ryan Strome
Brennan Othmann -- Jonathan Castagna -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Simon Nemec
Jake Middleton -- Zach Whitecloud
Yan Kuznetsov -- Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Maksim Tsyplakov, Joel Hanley
Injured: Jonathan Huberdeau (hip), Samuel Honzek (lower body), Mikael Backlund (upper body)
Status report
Spurgeon and Maatta will both return after missing four and three games, respectively, with upper-body injuries. Wild coach John Hynes said Lorenz will return to the lineup after missing Minnesota’s 4-3 overtime loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday and that he has “one decision up front” when it comes to the lineup.
The Wild reassigned defenseman Carson Lambos to Iowa of the American Hockey League. Backlund is day to day.
The forward was injured late in the third period of Calgary's 3-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. "There'll be a little moving around," Flames coach Ryan Huska said.
Jones was recalled from Calgary of the AHL on Tuesday and will make his season debut.
