Couple Wild lineup changes for Game 3

Ryan White and Nate Prosser will make their series debuts against the Blues.

April 16, 2017 at 6:56PM
Nate Prosser
Wild defenseman Nate Prosser will make his series debut Sunday against the Blues and be paired with Jonas Brodin. (Brian Wicker — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

2:20 puck drop this afternoon between the Wild and St. Blues in a critical Game 3 for Minnesota.

Bruce Boudreau will make a couple lineup changes.

Defenseman Nate Prosser will make his series debut and be paired with Jonas Brodin. Right wing Ryan White will make his Wild playoff debut for rookie Joel Eriksson Ek.

White will play on the right side of Nino Niederreiter and former Coyotes teammate Martin Hanzal and Erik Haula will move to fourth-line center between Chris Stewart and Jason Pominville.

Defenseman Christian Folin, a minus-2 in two games, will be scratched along with Alex Stalock, Jordan Schroeder and Victor Bartley.

Darcy Kuemper backs up Devan Dubnyk.

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