NHL Game Preview: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 11/16/2024

Dallas Stars (10-5-0, 20 points) at Minnesota Wild (11-2-3, 25 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Saturday, November 16
Time: 7:00 pm CT

TV: ESPN+ / Vict / FDSN / FDSW
Radio:
Dallas Stars – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Dallas Stars -1.5 ML -150
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML +130
O/U 5.5

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Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars defeated Boston 7-2 on Thursday night. Dallas scored six 5v5 goals against the Bruins. Boston had only allowed three 5v5 goals in November before that game. Dallas is 3-4-0 on the road this season.

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild are dealing with some injuries to significant players, Mats Zuccarello was placed on IR after getting injured in the Wild’s 3-0 win over Montreal. Joel Eriksson Ek will be out tonight with a lower-body injury and Jonas Brodin will miss the game with an upper-body injury. The Wild are 4-1-1 at home this season.

Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

Robertson-Hintz-Dadonov
Marchment-Duchene-Seguin
Benn-Johnston-Stankoven
Back-Steel-Blackwell

Lindell-Heiskanen
Harley-Lyubushkin
Smith-Lundkvist

Oettinger
DeSmith

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Boldy-Johansson
Foligno-Rossi-Trenin
Ohgren-Gaudreau-Hartman
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Milne

Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

Dallas Stars

Evgenii Dadonov scored two goals, including a penalty shot goal in the Stars’ big win in Boston. Matt Duchene has goals and multiple points in two straight games. The Halliburton, Ontario native is up to 20 points (9g, 11a) on the season.

Minnesota Wild

Karil Kaprizov and Matt Boldy have been a dynamic duo for the Wild this season. Boldy had a goal, and Kaprizov had a goal and an assist in Minnesota’s 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens. The two forwards lead the Wild in scoring, with 30 points (10g, 20a) for Kaprizov and 17 points (10g, 7a) for Boldy.

Injury Report:

Dallas Stars

None

Minnesota Wild

D Jonas Brodin – OUT
C Joel Eriksson Ek – OUT
RW Mats Zuccarello – IR

Next Game:

Dallas Stars – November 18 vs. Anaheim Ducks
Minnesota Wild – November 19 at St. Louis Blues

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