Sharks at Wild

SHARKS (7-6-1) AT WILD (10-4-0)

Sharks projected lineup
Jonathan Dahlen -- Logan Couture -- Timo Meier
Alexander Barabanov -- Tomas Hertl -- Rudolfs Balcers
Matt Nieto -- Nick Bonino -- Andrew Cogliano
Jasper Weatherby -- Kevin Labanc -- Jonah Gadjovich
Brent Burns -- Mario Ferraro
Erik Karlsson -- Jake Middleton
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Santeri Hatakka
James Reimer
Adin Hill
Scratched:, Radim Simek, Nick Merkley
Injured: Nikolai Knyzhov (upper body), Lane Pederson (lower body), Jeffrey Viel (finger)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Kevin Fiala
Jordan Greenway -- Ryan Hartman -- Rem Pitlick
Brandon Duhaime -- Nico Sturm -- Nick Bjugstad
Alex Goligoski -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Jon Merrill -- Dmitry Kulikov
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Jordie Benn, Victor Rask
Injured: none
Status report
Simek, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch to help create what Sharks coach Bob Boughner said is now a "competition" for playing time.