NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 2/6/2025

Carolina Hurricanes (32-18-4, 68 Pts) at Minnesota Wild (31-19-4, 66 Pts)

Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Tonight – Thursday, February 6
Time: 7:30 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio:
Carolina Hurricanes – 99.9 The Fan
Minnesota Wild – KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Carolina Hurricanes -1.5 ML -166
Minnesota Wild +1.5 ML +130
O/U 5.5

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Carolina Hurricanes Notes:

The Hurricanes have lost two games in a row after a 3-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. The Canes are 12-12-3 on the road this season. Carolina has the NHL’s top-ranked penalty kill.

Minnesota Wild Notes:

The Wild have lost back-to-back games after a 3-0 loss to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Minnesota is 11-12-1 at home this season. The Wild defeated the Hurricanes 4-0 earlier in the year.

Carolina Hurricanes Lineup:

Blake-Aho-Rantanen
Hall-Kotkaniemi-Svechnikov
Martinook-Staal-Jarvis
Robinson-Roslovic-Morrow

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Chatfield
Gostisbehere-Walker

Kochetkov
Andersen

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Minnesota Wild Lineup:

Boldy-Eriksson Ek-Zuccarello
Johansson-Rossi-Foligno
Ohgren-Gaudreau-Trenin
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Shore

Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Fleury
Gustavsson

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Players To Watch:

Carolina Hurricanes

Newly acquired Mikko Rantanen has 26 goals and 40 assists. Seth Jarvis has scored seven goals and added two assists over the past ten games.

Minnesota Wild

Mats Zuccarello has scored 12 goals with 24 assists for the Wild and had two goals in the previous win over Carolina. Frederick Gaudreau has three goals and three assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

Carolina Hurricanes

LW William Carrier – OUT
C Tyson Jost – OUT
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR
LW Juha Jaaska – Day to day

Minnesota Wild

LW Kirill Kaprizov – IR

Next Game:

Carolina Hurricanes – February 8 vs Utah Hockey Club
Minnesota Wild – February 8 vs New York Islanders

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