NHL Game Preview: Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 4/11/2025

NHL Game Preview: Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 4/11/2025

Minnesota Wild (43-29-7, 93 pts)at Calgary Flames (37-27-14, 88 pts)

Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Friday, April 11
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/FDSNNOSNW
Radio: 
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3 FM
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Minnesota: -1.5 ML -120
Calgary: +1.5 ML -103
O/U 5.5

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes: 

The Wild can clinch a playoff spot tonight with a regulation win. If they do that, all that will be left is determining who they will face in the first round of the playoffs. They are coming off their second straight win as they beat the San Jose Sharks 8-7 in overtime on Wednesday night. It was their fourth extra-time game in their last five.

Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames need a win tonight to have any chance of trying to get into the playoffs. They are coming off a tough overtime loss on Wednesday to the Anaheim Ducks, in which they lost 4-3 in overtime.

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Foligno-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Johansson-Gaudreau-Nyquist
Trenin-Hartman-Brazeau

Brodin-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Huberdeau-Kadri-Klapka
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Sharangovich-Frost-Farabee
Lomberg-Rooney-Pospisil

Hanley-Weegar
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Pachal

Wolf
Vladar

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Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild

Marco Rossi this season has 60 points on 24 goals and 36 assists. He’s faced the Flames five times in his career, recording eight points on two goals and six assists; in two games this season, he scored a goal and added four assists.

Calgary Flames

Yegor Sharangovich this season has 28 points on 14 goals and 14 assists. He’s faced the Wild nine times in his career, recording seven points on three goals and four assists; in two meetings this season, he’s scored a goal and added two assists.   

Injury Report:

Minnesota Wild

D Jacob Middleton – DTD

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Connor Zary – DTD

Next game:

Minnesota – April 12 at Vancouver Canucks
Calgary – April 13 vs. San Jose Sharks     

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