With Alex Tuch back in Iowa, the Minnesota Wild's lines at Friday's morning skate looked fairly familiar as the team prepared for tonight's game with Tampa Bay at Xcel Energy Center:
Nino Niederreiter-Eric Staal-Charlie Coyle
Jason Zucker-Mikko Koivu-Mikael Granlund
Zach Parise-Erik Haula-Jason Pominville
Chris Stewart-Tyler Graovac-Jordan Schroeder
Youngblood here covering today for Russo, who has the day to work on Sunday stuff, run some errands and make American coffee great again.
The biggest news here is that Coyle Is back at right wing on the team's top line after two strong games at center. Coyle had four assists and was a plus-2 in games against Winnipeg and Chicago.
According to Coyle, the move to center helped jump-start his game.