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Minnesota Wild (22-10-6) at Winnipeg Jets (15-17-3)
Venue: Canada Life Centre
Date: Tonight – Saturday, December 27
Time: 6:00 pm CST
How To Watch: Hockey Night in Canada
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Minnesota Wild return from the NHL’s Christmas/Holiday break looking to rebound from a 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators. With the roster freeze still in effect, the Wild aren’t making any immediate decisions roster-wise.
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets return from the NHL’s Christmas/Holiday break looking to snap a four-game losing streak. If the Jets can start a strong second-half to their season, this is the time to start as it feels as if many are ready to sound to panic alarm on the Jets’ season.
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines
Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello
Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
Trenin – Yurov – Tarasenko
Foligno – Sturm – Hinostroza
Hughes – Faber
Brodin – Spurgeon
Middleton – Bogosian
Gustavsson
Wallstedt
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Nyquist
Perfetti – Namestnikov – Vilardi
Barron – Lowry – Iafallo
Niederreiter- Toews – Pearson
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Stanley – Miller
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Players To Watch:
Minnesota Wild
Kirill Kaprizov looks to be a massive contributor to the Minnesota Wild’s success over the Winnipeg Jets as the Minnesota Wild aim to take key ground on the season series.
Quinn Hughes was recently acquired by the Minnesota Wild, and he’ll look to make a massive impact on Winnipeg sooner rather than later.
Winnipeg Jets
Cole Perfetti seems to have found himself in a bit of a dry spell, and that could end tonight with a big performance over the Wild.
Vladislav Namestnikov joins Perfetti in a dry spell, and he’ll look to get himself out of a rut with a big game back from the Christmas/Holiday break tonight against Minnesota.
Next game
Minnesota Wild – December 18 vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Winnipeg Jets – December 17 vs St. Louis Blues
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Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He occasionally covers league wide news for Inside The Rink.