NHL Game Preview: Minnesota Wild at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 2/1/2025

Minnesota Wild (31-17-4, 66 Pts) at Ottawa Senators (27-20-4, 58 Pts)

Venue: Canadian Tire Center
Date: Tonight- Saturday, February 1
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, FDSN, FDSWI
Radio:
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3
Ottawa – TSN 1200

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Minnesota +1.5 ML +105
Ottawa -1.5 ML -125
O/U 5.5

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild have won three consecutive games after a 4-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Minnesota is 20-5-3 on the road this season. The Wild have the NHL’s 30th-ranked penalty kill.

Ottawa Senators News & Notes:

The Senators have won three in a row after a 5-4 overtime win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday. The Sens are 15-7-2 at home this season. Ottawa defeated the Wild 3-1 in their previous meeting.

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines

Boldy-Eriksson Ek-Zuccarello
Foligno-Rossi-Hartman
Ohren-Gaudreau-Trenin
Shore-Khusnutdinov-Lauko

Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Ottawa Senators Projected Lines

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux
Perron-Norris-Batherson
Greig-Pinto-Amadio
Highmore-Ostapchuk-Gaudette

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Hamonic
Kleven-Matinpalo

Forsberg
Merilainen

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Ottawa Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild

Matt Boldy has 18 goals and 27 assists for the Wild. Mats Zuccarello has two goals and seven assists over the past ten games.

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk has 19 goals and 18 assists for the Senators. Joshua Norris has four goals and three assists over the past ten games.

Injury Report:

Minnesota Wild

LW Marcus Johansson – IR
D Jonas Brodin – IR
LW Kirill Kaprizov – Week to week

Ottawa Senators

G Linus Ullmark – Week to week
D Jacob Bernard-Docker – Day to day
C Nick Cousins – Out six to eight weeks
D Nick Jensen – Day to day

Next Game

Minnesota Wild – February 4 at Boston Bruins
Ottawa Senators – February 3 at Nashville Predators

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