NHL Game Preview: New York Rangers at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 3/13/2025

Matt Boldy on the ice for the Minnesota Wild
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New York Rangers (31-28-6, 68 pts) at Minnesota Wild (37-24-4, 78 pts)

Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Thursday, March 13
Time: 8:00 pm EST / 7:00 pm CST 
TV: ESPN+ / MSG / FDSN / FDSW
Radio: 
New York Rangers – WEPN-FM 98.7 ESPN New York
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
New York Rangers +1.5 ML -105
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML -115
O/U 5.5

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New York Rangers News & Notes: 

The Rangers travel to Minnesota and hope to snap their four-game losing streak tonight. New York is 15-14-3 on the road and 4-4-2 in their last ten games. The Rangers are 2 points behind Columbus for the last Wild Card spot going into tonight’s action. New York has a -3 goal differential this season. 

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

After dropping a pair of 3-1 contests, the Wild rebounded for a 2-1 shootout victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. The Wild are 15-14-1 at home this season and 5-5-0 in their last ten games as they try to survive injuries to Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, and, most recently, Jonas Brodin. This is the first of two meetings between these clubs this season, with the next taking place on April 2 in New York. 

New York Rangers Projected Lines: 

Panarin-Trocheck-Lafreniere
Cuylle-J.T. Miller-Zibanejad
Kreider-Carrick-Kaliyev
Othmann-Brodzinski-Rempe

K Miller-Borgen
Vaakanainen-Schneider
Soucy-Jones

Shesterkin
Quick

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Zuccarello-Rossi-Boldy
Johansson-Gaudreau-Nyquist
Foligno-Hartman-Hinostroza
Trenin-Shore-Brazeau

Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

New York Rangers 

J.T. Miller has 16 points in 15 games since being acquired by the Rangers from Vancouver before the trade deadline. Miller has 51 points on the season and is on pace for 64 points, well shy of his 103 points a year ago. The East Palestine, Ohio native has been one of the main reasons the Rangers have turned their season around and are competing for a playoff spot. 

Minnesota Wild

Matt Boldy had an assist and the shootout winner to snap a brief two-game losing streak for the Wild. Boldy has gone eight straight games without a goal but still has five assists over that span. The Millis, Massachusetts native leads the Wild in scoring with 55 points (21g, 34a) in 65 games. 

Injury Report:

New York Rangers

LW Adam Edstrom – OUT
D Adam Fox – IR

Minnesota Wild

LW Kirill Kaprizov – IR
C Joel Eriksson Ek – IR
D Jonas Brodin – OUT

Next Game:

New York Rangers – March 15 at Columbus Blue Jackets
Minnesota Wild – March 15 vs. St. Louis Blues

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