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Minnesota Wild Face Vegas Golden Knights Tonight with Yurov on Top Line
LAS VEGAS, NV – The Minnesota Wild (23-10-6) are set to battle the Vegas Golden Knights (17-8-11) tonight as their road trip continues. The lineup sees one key change, with Danila Yurov slotting in to center the top line alongside Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello.
The full projected lines for the Wild are:
- Marcus Johansson – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
- Kirill Kaprizov – Danila Yurov – Mats Zuccarello
- Vinnie Hinostroza – Ryan Hartman – Vladimir Tarasenko
- Marcus Foligno – Nico Sturm – Yakov Trenin
On defense, the Wild will field:
- Quinn Hughes – Brock Faber
- Jonas Brodin – Jared Spurgeon
- Jake Middleton – Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson is expected to start in goal. Matt Kiersted and Tyler Pitlick will be scratched, while Daemon Hunt remains sidelined with a lower-body injury.
The Golden Knights will counter with the following projected lines:
- Ivan Barbashev – Mitch Marner – Mark Stone
- Pavel Dorofeyev – Tomas Hertl – Alexander Holtz
- Reilly Smith – Brett Howden – Branden Bowman
- Brandon Saad – Colton Sissons – Keegan Kolesar
Their defensive pairings are expected to be:
- Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak
- Noah Hanifin – Ben Hutton
- Jeremy Lauzon – Zach Whitecloud
Carter Hart will be the starting goaltender for Vegas. Cole Reinhardt will be scratched, joining a lengthy injured list that includes Adin Hill (lower-body), Jack Eichel (undisclosed), Shea Theodore (upper-body), and William Karlsson (lower-body).
Other Wild News:
The Wild are riding high, setting a franchise record heading into the holiday break. Key to their recent success has been defenseman Quinn Hughes.
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