After being kept to just one goal in the Minnesota Wild’s home opener, the San Jose Sharks are switching up wingers ahead of the rematch in St. Paul. They’ll also start Martin Jones in net.
Wild goaltender Cam Talbot was injured in the first period on Friday and replaced with Kaapo Kahkonen. Kahkonen will will get the start tonight.
Lines
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Ryan Donato — Logan Couture — Kevin Labanc
John Leonard — Tomas Hertl — Evander Kane
Timo Meier — Dylan Gambrell — Noah Gregor
Marcus Sorensen — Patrick Marleau — Matt Nieto
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Erik Karlsson
Mario Ferraro — Brent Burns
Nikolai Knyzhov — Radim Simek
Martin Jones
Devan Dubnyk
Expected Scratches: Stefan Noesen, Fredrik Handemark, Jacob Middleton
Injured Reserve: None
MINNESOTA WILD
Zach Parise — Victor Rask — Kirill Kaprizov
Marcus Johansson — Nick Bonino — Kevin Fiala
Jordan Greenway — Joel Eriksson Ek — Marcus Foligno
Brad Hunt — Nick Bjugstad — Ryan Hartman
Ryan Suter — Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Ian Cole — Carson Soucy
Kaapo Kahkonen
Andrew Hammond
Expected Scratches: Gerald Mayhew
Injured Reserve: Mats Zuccarello (upper body), Alex Stalock (upper body), Nico Sturm (illness), Cam Talbot (lower body)
How to Watch
Puck drop is at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tonight’s game will be broadcast regionally on Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin and NBC Sports Bay Area and is available to stream through NHL.tv.
Follow along in the comments for live updates and reactions throughout the game!
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