
Wales progress stalls in sluggish Ireland showing
Wales struggles in 33-12 loss to Ireland in Women's Six Nations.
The Minnesota Wild face the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3, with key players Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin out. Wild head coach John Hynes confirmed that Jesper Wallstedt will be the starting goalie.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild (4-4) is back in action today against the Colorado Avalanche (6-0) for Game 3.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin have both missed the first two games and the Wild have lost both of them. Neither of the two will play tonight as well.
Wild head coach John Hynes said after skate on Saturday that Eriksson Ek is day-to-day but will not play.
He also said that Jesper Wallstedt will defend the cage. There will be some other changes for the Wild.
Kirill Kaprizov - Ryan Hartman - Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson - Danila Yurov - Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin - Michael McCarron - Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno - Nico Sturm - Nick Foligno
Defense:
Quinn Hughes - Brock Faber
Daemon Hunt - Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton - Zach Bogosian
Starting Goaltender: Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Jeff Petry, Bobby Brink, Matt Kiersted, Cal Petersen, Robby Fabbri, Hunter Haight.
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower-body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower-body).
Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog - Brock Nelson - Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton - Nazem Kadri - Nicolas Roy
Parker Kelly - Jack Drury - Logan O’Connor
Defense:
Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Brett Kulak - Sam Malinski
Brent Burns - Nick Blankenburg
Starting Goaltender: Scott Wedgewood
**Scratched:**Isak Posch, Jack Ahcan, Zakhar Bardakov.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin are both out due to injuries, with Eriksson Ek being day-to-day.
The Minnesota Wild will have some lineup changes, including Jesper Wallstedt starting as goalie.
The Minnesota Wild are currently 4-4 and have lost the first two games against the Colorado Avalanche, who are 6-0.

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Injured: Josh Manson (upper-body), Joel Kiviranta (undisclosed).
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