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Minnesota Wild (37-16-10, 84 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (42-10-9, 93 pts)
Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Sunday, March 8
Time: 2:00 pm EST
How To Watch: TNT/HBO Max/truTV
Radio:Â KFAN FM 100.3/92.5 ALT Radio
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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Wild picked up their second straight win on Friday with a 4-2 victory over the Golden Knights. They’re 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game.
Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:
The Avalanche picked up a 5-4 shootout win over the Stars on Friday night. The win was their fourth straight. During their winning streak, they’re averaging 4.3 goals per game while allowing two goals per game.
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Kaprizov-Hartman-Zuccarello
Boldy-Eriksson Ek-Brink
Trenin-Yurov-Tarasenko
Fabbri-McCarron-Sturm
Hughes-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Middleton-Bogosian
Wallstedt
Gustavsson
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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Necas
Colton Lehkonen-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kelly-Roy-Brindley
Bardakov-Drury-Kiviranta
Toews-Makar
Manson-Burns
Kulak-Malinski
Wedgewood
Blackwood
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Players To Watch:
Minnesota Wild
Ryan Hartman has a point in all three games against Colorado this season with a goal and two assists.
Colorado Avalanche
Martin Necas has scored three goals in two of the three meetings against Minnesota this season.
Injury Report:
Minnesota Wild
F Marcus Foligno – IR
F Marcus Johansson – DTD
Colorado Avalanche
F Logan O’Connor – Out
F Arturri Lehkonen – Out
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