(4-15-25) Wild Vs Ducks: Game Preview, Line Combinations

(4-15-25) Wild Vs Ducks: Game Preview, Line Combinations

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (44-30-7) wraps up its season against the Anaheim Ducks (35-37-8) tonight.

The Wild are in a spot tonight where they have to get a point to clinch a playoff berth. They can clinch a playoff spot if they get a point or if the St. Louis Blues lose to Utah Hockey Club in any fashion, or if the Calgary Flames lose to the Vegas Golden Knights in any fashion. 

Zeev Buium joined the Wild yesterday at practice but will not be in the lineup tonight. Jake Middleton and Jared Spurgeon did not play last game with injuries but will both enter the lineup tonight. 

Declan Chisholm got hurt in the Wild's last game and will be out tonight. There will be no other changes for the Wild. Same forward lines as last game. Filip Gustavsson will make his 58th start of the season and his final regular season start.

He is 31-19-6 on the year with a 2.57 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.

Here are tonight's projected lines (subject to change). 

Wild Projected Lines

Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Matt Boldy

Marcus Foligno - Marco Rossi - Gustav Nyquist

Marcus Johansson - Freddy Gaudreau - Mats Zuccarello

Yakov Trenin - Ryan Hartman - Justin Brazeau

Defense:

Jake Middleton - Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon

Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian

Starting Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Vinnie Hinostroza, Zeev Buium.

Injured: None

Ducks Projected Lines

Cutter Gauthier - Leo Carlsson - Alex Killorn

Trevor Zegras - Ryan Strome - Frank Vatrano

Nikita Nesterenko - Mason McTavish - Troy Terry

Jansen Harkins - Tim Washe - Sam Colangelo

Defense:

Jackson LaCombe - Radko Gudas

Jacob Trouba - Ian Moore

Pavel Mintyukov - Drew Helleson

Starting Goaltender: Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Brett Leason, Oliver Kylington, Olen Zellweger, Isac Lundestrom.

Injured: John Gibson (lower body), Robby Fabbri (upper body), Ross Johnston (upper body).

Source: (4-15-25) Wild Vs Ducks: Game Preview, Line Combinations