Carolina Hurricanes vs. Minnesota Wild: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

What - Game 39 (23-13-2)
When - 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South

The Carolina Hurricanes return home for the first time since last year as they look to take on the Minnesota Wild (24-11-4) tonight.

Carolina is coming off of a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday and it seems like the team is starting to really get their feet back under them after a rocky November/December.

The Wild are coming off of a 4-3 shootout win over the Washington Capitals and have now won four of their last five games and have been one of the league's best teams.

It also helps them that goaltender Filip Gustavsson has rebounded after a really tough season last year.

Both teams have also had to deal with a plethora of injuries as of late, but Minnesota especially has gotten the shorter end of that stick with top forward Kirill Kaprizov and top defenseman and captain Jared Spurgeon only a few of the players out with injury.

Streaks

• Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1g, 2a) and Seth Jarvis (5a) have points in three straight games.
  

• Martin Necas (1g, 1a) has points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

• Sebastian Aho is three points shy of 600 career points.

• Seth Jarvis is one assist shy of 100 career assists.

• Jack Roslovic is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

• Andrei Svechnikov registered his 200th career assist Thursday night in Florida.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 16-11-2-5 all-time against Minnesota and last season went 1-1-0.

• The Canes have a 10-3-0-2 home record all-time against the Wild.

• Brent Burns was a Minnesota first-round draft pick in 2003.

• Minnesota assistant coach Patrick Dwyer played for Carolina from 2008-2015.

• Sebastian Aho (6g, 16pts in 14 games) is a point-per-game player against the Wild.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

• Pyotr Kochetkov: 15-7-1; 0.902 Sv%; 2.46 GAA

• Fillip Gustavsson: 17-6-3; 0.924 Sv%; 2.28 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Jack Roslovic (17) / Marco Rossi (15)

• Points - Martin Necas (46) / Marco Rossi (33)

Power Play

• Carolina - 25% (6th)

• Minnesota - 18.6% (21st)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 85.5% (1st)

• Minnesota - 76% (26th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Jack Roslovic - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - William Carrier
Eric Robinson - Jack Drury - Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith - Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski

Injuries and Scratches: Shayne Gostisbehere (UBI), Tyson Jost (LBI), Frederik Andersen (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Wild Projected Lineup

Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno - Frederick Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones

Jonas Brodin - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill - Travis Dermott

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Gaunce, Kirill Kaprizov (LBI), Jakub Lauko (LBI), Jake Middleton (UBI), Jared Spurgeon (LBI)