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Minnesota Wild (43-21-12, 98 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (40-28-8, 88 pts)

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Sunday, April 5
Time: 8:00 pm EST
How To Watch: TNT/HBO Max/truTV
Radio: 104.5 ESPN Radio/97.1 The Ticket

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild picked up their second straight win yesterday with a 4-1 victory over the Senators. They’ve won three of their last four games, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings, in a crucial game yesterday, suffered a 4-1 loss to the Rangers. They’ve dropped three of their last four games, averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing four goals per game.

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Hartman-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Trenin-Yurov-Tarasenko
N.Foligno-McCarron-M.Foligno

Hughes-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Middleton-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Wallstedt

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Finnie-Larkin-Kasper
DeBrincat-Copp-Kane
Perron-Compher-Raymond
van Riemsdyk-Rasmussen-Shine

Johansson-Seider
Edvinsson-Bernard Docker
Chiarot-Sandin Pellikka

Talbot
Gibson

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Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild

Mats Zuccarello scored two goals and had an assist in Minnesota’s overtime win over Detroit back in January.

Detroit Red Wings

Lucas Raymond had two of Detroit’s three goals in their loss to Minnesota back on January 22nd.

Injury Report:

Minnesota Wild

None

Detroit Red Wings

D Justin Faulk – Out

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