NHL Preseason Game Preview: Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks with Projected Line Combinations 10/3/2025

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Minnesota Wild (2-2-1) at Chicago Blackhawks (2-2-0)

Venue: United Center
Date: Friday, October 3
Time: 8:00 PM EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/Chicago Sports Network

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes

The Wild beat the Jets last time out, 3-2. They got goals from Matt Boldy, Marcus Foligno, and Kirill Kaprizov. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

The Blackhawks dropped their last game 3-1 to the Red Wings. Their lone goal came from Colton Dach. Spencer Knight stopped 16 of the 19 shots he faced.

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Boldy
Ohgren-Eriksson Eh-Tarasenko
Yurov-Hartman-Johansson
Foligno-Sturm-Trenin

Middleton-Faber
Buium-Spurgeon
Bogosian-Jiricek

Gustavsson
Petersen

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines

Burakovsky-Bedard-Donato
Bertuzzi-Nazar-Teravainen
Mikheyev-Dickinson-Slaggert
Lafferty-Foligno-Dach

Grzelcyk-Rinzel
Kaiser-Levshunov
Allan-Murphy

Knight
Soderblom

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Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild

Danila Yurov played in 46 games in the KHL with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He recorded 25 points on 13 goals and 12 assists. He was a +15.

Chicago Blackhawks

Landon Slaggert, last season in 33 games for the Blackhawks, had six points on two goals and four assists; he was a minus-seven. He also played in 39 games for the Rockford IceHogs, recording 25 points on ten goals and 15 assists. He was a plus-nine with three power-play goals and two game-winning goals.

Next Game:

Minnesota – Regular Season, October 9 at St. Louis Blues
Chicago  – October 4 vs. St. Louis Blues 

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