The Seattle Kraken take on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
KRAKEN (0-1-0) at WILD (1-0-0)
8 p.m. ET; KHN, KONG, BSWI, BSN
Kraken projected lineup
Eeli Tolvanen — Matty Beniers — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Andre Burakovsky
Tye Kartye — Yanni Gourde — Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak — Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans — Will Borgen
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Joshua Mahura
Injured: None
Status report
– Each team held an optional morning skate Saturday.
– Daccord will start and make his season debut three days after signing a five-year, $25 million extension contract with the Kraken on Wednesday that begins next season.
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Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Yakov Trenin
Jakub Lauko — Marat Khusnutdinov — Frederick Gaudreau
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Jake Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian
Marc-Andre Fleury
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Liam Ohgren, Filip Gustavsson
Injured: None
Status report
– Fleury will start after Gustavsson made 31 saves in a season-opening 3-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.
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