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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).
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