The Wild visits the Philadelphia Flyers tonight, and coach Bruce Boudreau wants his guys fresh and saving their energy for the game.
In fact, in a move very similar to Jacques Lemaire (only Boudreau was wearing his game suit like he customarily changes into on the road even after morning skates), Boudreau marched out to the bench when several players were working overtime after the morning skate and yelled for assistant coach Scott Stevens to get all the guys playing tonight off the ice.
Here's a pic:
Devan Dubnyk vs., I'm assuming, Michal Neuvirth tonight (Steve Mason got lit up in Toronto last night).
Neuvirth is 4-2 with a 3.57 goals-against average and .859 save percentage. He is 1-1 with a 2.02 goals-against average and .907 save percentage in two career starts vs. the Wild.
Dubnyk is 6-3-1 this season with a 1.51 goals-against average, .951 save percentage and three shutouts. He has stopped 186 of the 191 shots he has faced in is last six starts (4-2 with a 0.84 goals-against average and .974 save percentage).
This means Darcy Kuemper will likely start tomorrow night in Ottawa. Here's a story I wrote on him today (as you can see, Boudreau did consider starting Kuemper tonight).
Lone lineup change tonight will be Christoph Bertschy in for Zack Mitchell.