Usually when the Edmonton Oilers come to town it is a giant concern about which player will have to shutdown Connor McDavid (usually Joel Eriksson Ek, who does a fantastic job). But we can rest just a little bit easier now.
McDavid is out with an injury and the Oilers have to go on without the most talented skater in the NHL. They are of course still dangerous, but the way that they have been playing with their captain makes it feel like they are now doomed without him.
For the Minnesota Wild, this is a significant opportunity to put some past concerns behind them. They have earned a 2-2-1 record this season, so nothing is feeling just quite right yet. They just lost in overtime to one of the worst teams in the league and are dealing with something we thought they never would: A lack of defense.
Vinni Lettieri gets to make his Wild debut and despite young defenseman Daemon Hunt being called up, it appears that Jon Merrill is healthy enough to go and his NHL debut will have to be put on hold, for now.
	When: 8:00 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 -- Patrick Maroon
	Marcus Foligno -- Marco Rossi -- Frederick Gaudreau
	Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Vinni Lettieri
	Jonas Brodin -- Calen Addison
	Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
	Dakota Mermis -- Jon Merrill
	Filip Gustavsson
	Marc-Andre Fleury
Projected Oilers lineup
	Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Mattias Janmark
	Warren Foegele -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Zach Hyman
	Dylan Holloway -- Ryan McLeod -- Connor Brown
	Adam Erne -- Derek Ryan
	Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
	Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
	Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais
	Philip Broberg
	Jack Campbell
	Stuart Skinner
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