Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals at 6:00PM

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

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

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

• In Net: Gustavsson 🥅
• Backups: Wallstedt

Injured: Zuccarello, Sturm
Scratched: Ben Jones

🏒 Quick Hits

📊 Standings Snapshot: Wild are 2-2-0, Capitals 3-1-0.

🇷🇺 Russian Power on Display: Tonight’s game presents a fun Russian duel - Kirill Kaprizov vs Alex Ovechkin. Both share roots in Russia, but each brings a different chapter of elite NHL experience.

⚡ Matchup History: Minnesota is a tough opponent for Washington — the Wild are 7-0-1 in their last eight vs the Caps

⚡ Power Play Heat Up: The Wild’s special teams have been a major positive -Minnesota has converted on 47.6 % of its power plays so far (10-for-21)

🔗 Kaprizov + Boldy Chemistry: Through the first three games, Kaprizov and Boldy have combined for 6 of the team’s 12 goals - when those two click, the Wild’s top line is truly a matchup headache.  

🔁 Trade Buzz: The Wild just made a move — they acquired forward Oskar Olausson from San Jose in exchange for defenseman Kyle Masters. Olausson will report to Iowa.