Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Utah – 2/27/25

The Minnesota Wild match-up with the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center in Salt Lake City tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

Minnesota Wild (34-20-4) at Utah Hockey Club (26-24-9)

9 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, Utah16

Wild Projected Lineup 

Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Foligno — Marat Khusnutdinov — Liam Ohgren
Jakub Lauko — Devin Shore — Yakov Trenin

Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm — Zach Bogosian

Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Jon Merrill, Brendan Gaunce

Injured:  Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)

Suspended: Ryan Hartman 

Status Report: 

The Wild will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. … Gaunce, a forward, was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Hartman, a forward, will serve the sixth of an eight-game suspension for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle during a 6-0 loss Feb. 1. 

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Utah Projected Lineup

Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Dylan Guenther — Barrett Hayton — Michael Carcone
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad

Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Olli Maatta — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring

Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram

Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Liam O’Brien, Nick DeSimone

Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report:

Utah could dress the same 18 skaters used in a 2-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, but coach Andre Tourigny said there will be some game-time decisions among the forward group because of injuries.

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• 3 Takeaways From Utah’s 2-1 Win Over Blackhawks
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