Canucks at Wild

CANUCKS (0-3-1) at WILD (0-3-0)

Canucks projected lineup
Conor Garland -- J.T. Miller -- Ilya Mikheyev
Vasily Podkolzin -- Elias Pettersson -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Curtis Lazar
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Riley Stillman -- Kyle Burroughs
Thatcher Demko
Spencer Martin
Scratched:Jack Rathbone, Nils Hoglander
Injured:Travis Dermott (concussion), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Frederick Gaudreau -- Marco Rossi -- Matt Boldy
Brandon Duhaime -- Sam Steel -- Tyson Jost
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Alex Goligoski -- Calen Addison
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched:Andrej Sustr, Connor Dewar
Injured:Jon Merrill (upper body)
Status report
Greenway will make his season debut after missing the first three games following offseason shoulder surgery. … Merrill, a defenseman, is possible to play at the Boston Bruins on Saturday. … Forward Mason Shaw was reassigned by the Wild to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Poolman, a defenseman, is a game-time decision. … Garland returns after being a healthy scratch for a 4-3 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. … Goligoski will play his 1,000th NHL game.