Wild-Montreal game preview: Top draft choice hurting for Canadiens
The Wild juggled their lineup in practice in advance of facing the Canadiens.
October 24, 2022 at 11:17PM
Wild update: The Wild juggled their lineup at practice Monday, having Frederick Gaudreau center Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello and splitting up LW Marcus Foligno and C Joel Eriksson Ek. Foligno skated with C Marco Rossi and RW Matt Boldy, while Eriksson Ek worked alongside LW Brandon Duhaime and RW Ryan Hartman. On defense, Jon Merrill teamed up with Matt Dumba; Jonas Brodin was next to Calen Addison. "We haven't had much success," coach Dean Evason said of the shakeup. LW Jordan Greenway, who's on injured reserve with an upper-body injury suffered in his season debut last Thursday, will not join the team on this road trip.
Canadiens update: LW Juraj Slafkovsky didn't practice Monday, and the Canadiens announced he will be undergoing medical tests on an upper-body injury. Slafkovsky has one goal in five games after Montreal drafted him first overall in July. The Canadiens are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Stars at home Saturday. Overall, they're 3-3 with all their victories at Bell Centre. C Nick Suzuki leads Montreal in scoring with seven points, including a team-high four assists.
The Wild scored two goals late in the third period to tie the score against the Flames, completing a 2-0-1 road trip even though Kirill Kaprizov didn’t dress.
