Zucker - Staal - Niederreiter
Parise - Koivu - Granlund
Ennis - Cullen - Coyle
Winnik - Eriksson-Ek - Mitchell/Foligno
Suter - Dumba
Brodin - Murphy
Seeler - Prosser
Stalock
Marchessault - Karlsson - Tuch
Perron - Haula - Tatar
Hyka - Eakin - Carpenter
Nosek - Bellemare - Reaves
McNabb - Schmidt
Engelland - Theodore
Miller - Merrill
Fleury
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The Opponent
Following a five-game road trip in which they won four games, the Vegas Golden Knights returned home on Wednesday and were defeated soundly, 8-3, by the New Jersey Devils.
It was a rare poor result for the Golden Knights on home ice this season, as Vegas has posted a 24-8-2 record at T-Mobile Arena, where they will play each of their next three games and seven of their next nine to round out the month of March.
Thursday marks the third and final meeting of the regular season between the Wild and Knights. Minnesota has won each of the first two games, both at Xcel Energy Center, winning 4-2 on Nov. 30 and by a 5-2 margin on Feb. 2.
Jonathan Marchessault leads the Golden Knights with 65 points, including 22 goals and 43 assists. William Karlsson has a team-best 36 goals while David Perron has 47 assists. Five players have scored at least 22 goals for Vegas this season, including Marchessault, Reilly Smith (22), James Neal (24), Erik Haula (27) and Karlsson.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has started 38 games, posting a 25-10-3 record with a 2.24 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage.
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Really guessing on the defensive pairings here.
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