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Brock Faber is deemed OK after a trip to a hospital, but the Wild have lost two in a row heading into tonight’s game. Utah has three consecutive victories.
By Sarah McLellan
7 p.m. today Xcel Energy Center
TV; radio: FanDuel Sports Network North; 100.3 FM
Wild update: D Brock Faber said he was fine after getting struck by a puck on the right side of his neck during the Wild’s 6-1 loss to the Panthers on Wednesday. “It feels like I have strep throat,” he said at the team’s morning skate. Faber was hit by a shot from Florida’s Eetu Luostarinen in the final minute of the third period before rushing toward the bench. … Marc-Andre Fleury will start in goal. Filip Gustavsson, who’s missed the past two games because of a lower-body injury, has been skated but hasn’t taken part in a full-bore practice. The Wild moved RW Yakov Trenin (upper body) to injured reserve.
Utah update: Utah hasn’t lost since falling to the Wild 5-4 in a shootout on Dec. 10. The team has won three straight, most recently upending Vancouver 3-2 in overtime Wednesday. Overall, Utah is on a season-long six-game point streak and has only one regulation loss in its past 10 games. RW Dylan Guenther has scored four times during a three-game goal streak. He also has nine points during a six-game point streak, which includes two assists vs. the Wild.
Injuries: Wild C Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), LW Jakub Lauko (lower body), D Jake Middleton (upper body), Gustavsson (lower body) and Trenin (upper body) are out. Utah D Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), D Sean Durzi (shoulder), G Connor Ingram (upper body), D Maveric Lamoureux (upper body) and D John Marino (back) are out.
Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.
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