Minnesota Wild (24-11-4, 52 pts) at Carolina Hurricanes (23-13-2, 48 pts)
Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Saturday, January 4
Time: 8:00 pm CST / 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+ / FDSS / FDSN / FDSW
Radio:
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM
Carolina Hurricanes – The Fan 99.9 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Minnesota Wild +1.5 ML +165
Carolina Hurricanes -1.5 ML -195
O/U 5.5
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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Wild travel to Carolina to take on the Hurricanes tonight after a 4-3 shootout win in Washington. Minnesota is the best road team in the NHL with a 14-3-3 record in away games this season. The Wild have won two in a row after struggling with some inconsistency and going 5-5-0 in their last ten games.
Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:
Tonight is the first meeting between these two teams this season. Carolina has been one of the best home teams in the NHL with a 14-4-0 record. With Minnesota being a great road team and the Canes’ ability to defend their home turf something has to give. Carolina has won four of their last five games and is 12-4-1 when they commit fewer penalties than their opponents.
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Boldy-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Hartman
Foligno-Gaudreau-Trenin
Shore-Khusnutdinov-Jones
Brodin-Faber
Chisholm-Bogosian
Merrill-Dermott
Gustavsson
Fleury
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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines:
Roslovic-Aho-Jarvis
Svechnikov-Staal-Necas
Carrier-Kotkaniemi-Martinook
Robinson-Jaaska-Blake
Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Chatfield
Smith-Walker
Kochetkov
Tokarski
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Players To Watch:
Minnesota Wild
Matt Boldy has been struggling a bit to find his game lately, with only three points in his last ten games, but he was able to score the game-winning shootout goal against the Capitals on Thursday. The Millis, Massachusetts native has seven career shootout goals with six game-winners. The 6-foot-2 winger also won the Wild’s last game, which ended in a shootout with a 5-4 victory over Utah on December 10.
Carolina Hurricanes
Martin Necas has points in his last two games after going six games without a point. The 25-year-old center leads the Hurricanes with 46 points (15g, 31a) in 38 games. The young forward had one goal in two games against the Wild a year ago.
Injury Report:
Minnesota Wild
LW Karil Kaprizov – IR
C Jakob Lauko – IR
D Jake Middleton – LTIR
D Jarod Spurgeon – OUT
Carolina Hurricanes
D Shayne Gostisbehere – OUT
C Tyson Jost – OUT
C Jack Drury – IR
D Joakim Ryan – IR
D Riley Stillman – IR (Non-Roster)
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR
Next Game:
Minnesota Wild – January 7 vs. St. Louis Blues
Carolina Hurricanes – January 5 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
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