WILD (28-13-9) at CANADIENS (27-15-7)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, FDSNNO, FDSNWI
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Ryan Hartman — Mats Zuccarello
Yakov Trenin — Danila Yurov — Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno — Hunter Haight — Vinnie Hinostroza
Ben Jones — Nico Sturm — Tyler Pitlick
Quinn Hughes — Brock Faber
Jake Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt — David Jiricek
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: David Spacek, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Matt Boldy (lower body), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body), Marcus Johansson (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Phillip Danault — Josh Anderson
Joe Veleno — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Lane Hutson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Sammy Blais, Arber Xhekaj
Injured: Alexandre Texier (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body), Alex Newhook (broken ankle)
Status report
The Wild did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Wallstedt will likely start after Gustavsson made 27 saves. … Dach will return after missing 31 games with a broken foot (Nov. 15). … Texier, a forward, is day to day and will not play. … Struble will replace Xhekaj, a defenseman, who will be a healthy scratch.