The Minnesota Wild have been a significant victim to COVID-19. With around a dozen players on the NHL’s protocol list for the past couple of weeks and seven games postponed, they are finally making their triumphant return to action against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.
While six players remain on the list as of Monday night, head coach Dean Evason has had to shuffle the lineup to fit in some new players and make new roles for the others fresh out of quarantine.
We cannot know for certain what the lineup is going to look like when the puck drops in the Staples Center, but we do know what lines Evason has created during the short practice time on the journey back to full health.