Minnesota Wild vs New York Rangers at 6:00PM

🏒 GAME TONIGHT🏒
🚨 Puck drops at 6:00 PM
📍@Away

🌟 Wild Hockey Insider Projected Lineup:
• Line 1: Kaprizov - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
• Line 2: Johansson - Hartman - Tarasenko
• Line 3: Foligno - Yurov - Hinostroza
• Line 4: Trenin - Ben Jones - Pitlick

• Def 1: Brodin - Faber
• Def 2: Buium - Spurgeon
• Def 3: Middleton - Jiricek

• In Net: Gustavsson 🥅
• Backups: Wallstedt

Injured: Zuccarello, Sturm, Rossi

🏒 Quick Hits

📊 Records: Wild are 2-3-1; Rangers are 3-3-1.

🔋 Opportunity to Reset: After a tough road stretch, this is a chance for Minnesota to get back on track — road trip momentum is critical.

⏳ Rangers Under Pressure: New York is still searching for its first home win this season and its first home goal. 

🚨 Rossi Out – Day-to-Day: Center Marco Rossi will not dress tonight due to a lower-body injury sustained while blocking a shot in the 2-1 OT loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. That will end his streak of 173 consecutive games played for the Minnesota Wild. 

🔥 Special Teams Spotlight:

• Minnesota owns one of the top power plays in the NHL (38.5%) according to the pre-game notes. 

• The Rangers’ penalty kill has been strong, but their home scoring drought suggests Minnesota’s power play can be a difference-maker. 

  
  🧠 Focus Areas for the Wild:

• Improve even-strength 5v5 production — the power play has been excellent, but the team needs more even-strength goals. 

• Tighten up defensively and limit the Rangers’ shot volume — New York has generated plenty of shots this season.