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They have a second chance. The Minnesota Wild visited the New Jersey Devils earlier this week and ended up losing 4-3 while looking not very good. Now, they have a returning key player to potentially get some revenge.
Matt Boldy is making his return after a seven-game absence due to injury. Instantly, the Wild's forward lines look more complete and not a disfigured mess of players playing above their projected spot and trying to bite off more than they could ever chew. Now, Boldy will get into his regular position next to Joel Eriksson Ek and create a real and consistently dangerous duo outside of Minnesota's top line.
Will this be the one addition that could turn what has been a disappointing season around? Maybe we will have to wait until Jared Spurgeon and Frederick Gaudreau are fully healthy to not lay blame on the injuries as the Wild's problem, but it should still make an impactful difference nevertheless.
When: 7:00 p.m. CT
Where: Xcel Energy Center
TV: Bally Sports North
Radio: KFAN 100.3
Projected Wild lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Ryan Hartman — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno — Marco Rossi– Patrick Maroon
Connor Dewar — Brandon Duhaime -- Vinni Lettieri
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Jake Middleton — Dakota Mermis
Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Projected Devils lineup
Tyler Toffoli -- Jack Hughes -- Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat -- Michael McLeod -- Jesper Bratt
Dawson Mercer -- Erik Haula -- Curtis Lazar
Alexander Holtz -- Chris Tierney -- Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Kevin Bahl -- John Marino
Brendan Smith -- Luke Hughes
Vitek Vanecek
Akira Schmid
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