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Game 30: Minnesota Wild (12-13-4) at Boston Bruins (19-5-5)

Date: Tuesday, December 19

Time: 7:00 pm

TV: NESN

Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

MIN -1.5

BOS +1.5

O/U 6

Minnesota Wild Notes:

Second night of a back-to-back for the Wild after a 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh. Wild are 26th in the NHL in goals scored and have allowed 29 shorthanded goals this season, which is 30th in the league.

Boston Bruins Notes:

Bruins (19-5-5) are atop their division and battling for the first seed in the Eastern Conference. They’ve picked up a point in four consecutive games and are 10-2-2 at home.

Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild – Joel Eriksson Ek has 14 goals and seven assists for the Wild. Mats Zuccarello has one goal and six assists over the last ten games and is a game-time decision.

Boston Bruins – David Pastrnak’s 17 goals and 24 assists for 41 points rank him among the top scorers in the league. Pastrnak has been especially productive on the power play, registering 18 points in that situation. Last season, Pastrnak had two goals and two assists in two games against Minnesota.

Minnesota Wild Lineup:

Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek-Boldy

Johansson-Rossi-Hartman

Foligno-Gaudreau-Maroon

Duhaime-Dewar-Lettieri

Middleton-Faber

Goligoski-Bogosian

Merrill-Hunt

Fleury

Gustavsson

Boston Bruins Lineup:

Marchand-Zacha-Pastrnak

Heinen-Coyle-DeBrusk

Van Riemsdyk-Geekie-Frederic

Lauko-Beecher-Steen

Grzelcyk-McAvoy

Lindholm-Carlo

Wotherspoon-Shattenkirk

Ullmark

Swayman

Minnesota Wild Injuries:

Sam Hentges (Undisclosed), Jared Spurgeon (Lower Body), Jonas Brodin (Upper Body), Caedan Bankier (Undisclosed), Michael Milne (Undisclosed)

Boston Bruins Injuries:

Milan Lucic (Lower Body, Leave of Absence), Pavel Zacha (Upper Body), Charlie McAvoy (Upper Body), Derek Forbort (Undisclosed)

Next game

MIN – December 21 vs Montreal

BOS – December 22 at Winnipeg

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