10:10 pm
February 16

Wild @ Kings

Who will WIN this matchup?

Minnesota Wild (6-5-0)

@ Los Angeles Kings (4-6-3)

 

Starting Goalies:

Kaapo Kahkonen (MIN): Likely

Cal Petersen (LAK): Unconfirmed

 

Current odds:

Minnesota Wild: (-150)

Los Angeles Kings: (+130)

 

• The Minnesota Wild are set to resume their season at the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Getting back to normal following a two-week shutdown will likely take more time, however. The Wild departed Minneapolis on Monday afternoon without a sizable chunk of their roster. Minnesota forwards Nick Bonino, Victor Rask and Nico Sturm, defensemen Jonas Brodin, Ian Cole, Brad Hunt, and Carson Soucy, and goalie Cam Talbot were still on the COVID-19 protocol list and remained behind in Minnesota. On the positive side, right wing Mats Zuccarello is set to make his season debut after undergoing offseason arm surgery. The Wild are also hoping to get back defenseman Jared Spurgeon (upper-body injury) and Matt Dumba (lower-body injury), while 20-year-old defenseman Calen Addison is set to make his NHL debut on Tuesday.

• Marcus Johansson is also expected to return to his center spot for Minnesota after missing two games with an upper-body injury and then going on the COVID-19 list.

• The Kings also had two forwards recently emerge from COVID-19 protocol, Blake Lizotte and Andreas Athanasiou, who were cleared to resume skating over the weekend for the first time since late January.

• Los Angeles has been off since Thursday. The Kings were scheduled to host the Wild on Saturday, but Minnesota was still shut down by the NHL.

• Matt Luff returned to Kings on Thursday against the San Jose Sharks after missing nearly a month with an undisclosed injury.

• The Wild are hoping left wing Jordan Greenway can pick up where he left off two weeks ago. He had points in eight of 11 games this season, including three multi-point games. Green had three multi-point games in 67 games last season.

5/10
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