The match between the Minnesota Wild vs Chicago Blackhawks will take place at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday, October 6 at 8:00 PM ET.
Many young Minnesota Wild players are hoping for chances to win their position in the team’s starting lineup as the regular season draws near, but they only have a few chances to do so. The first one is tonight’s matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks. The Wild will try to rebound at home in the hopes of gaining some momentum going into the regular season after suffering their first loss of the year to their archrivals and the reason they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last year, the St. Louis Blues. Regardless of the team’s goals, several of the Wild’s bubble players are facing a do-or-die situation.
With head coach Dean Evason providing hints during training camp and using line combinations consistently during the preseason, the final lineup has been essentially decided. However, a select group of athletes have persisted and have so far avoided being removed from the roster. Three forwards who will be competing for the 13th forward place on a full-time basis and the chance to be available in the event of an injury are Nic Petan, Mason Shaw, and Steven Fogarty. On the blue line, Dakota Mermis and Andrej Sustr are still present and competing for the seventh defenseman place on the roster, but we anticipate that will only be the case until Jon Merrill returns from injury.
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Brandon Baddock – Joseph Cramarossa – Mitchell Chaffee
Matt Boldy – Connor Dewar – Brandon Duhaime
Marcus Foligno – Joel Eriksson Ek – Ryan Hartman
Dryden Hunt – Marco Rossi – Nick Swaney
Calen Addison – Jonas Brodin
Kevin Czuczman – Matt Dumba
Joe Hicketts – Dakota Mermis
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Liam Gorman – Andreas Athanasiou – MacKenzie Entwistle
Boris Katchouk – Max Domi – Mike Hardman
Philipp Kurashev – Reese Johnson – Patrick Kane
Dmitry Osipov – Tyler Johnson – Taylor Raddysh
Nicolas Beaudin – Jack Johnson
Caleb Jones – Seth Jones
Jake McCabe – Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Minnesota Wild: Jon Merrill, Jordan Greenway
Chicago Blackhawks: Caleb Jones, Connor Murphy, Jujhar Khaira, Boris Katchouk, Jake McCabe
The match between the Minnesota Wild vs Chicago Blackhawks will take place at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday, October 6 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Minnesota Wild vs Chicago Blackhawks will be telecast live on ESPN+.
Country | Channel | Date and Time |
United States | ESPN+ | October 6 (8:00 PM ET) |
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