The Wild plays the third of seven preseason games tonight, taking on Colorado, at Xcel Energy Center.
Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund and Eric Staal are expected to see their first action of the preseason. The Wild won its first two preseason games, both against Winnipeg (3-2 in a shootout and 1-0).
Here is the Wild's projected lineup:
FORWARD LINES
22 NIEDERREITER – 12 STAAL – 63 ENNIS
16 ZUCKER – 9 KOIVU – 64 GRANLUND
37 RAU – 18 O'REILLY – 48 ANAS
21 MALONE – 82 KLOOS – 10 STEWART
DEFENSEMEN
20 SUTER – 24 DUMBA
23 OLOFSSON – 72 MENELL
36 SEELER – 6 MURPHY
GOALTENDERS
40 DUBNYK
32 STALOCK
Puck drop: 5:08 p.m. TV: FSN. Radio: 100.3-FM
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