Wild at Canucks: Pickard to start as Vancouver weighs lineup changes
Minnesota visits Vancouver after winning in Seattle, while Paul Cotter appears set to be scratched.
Calvin Pickard is set to make his second start of the season when the Minnesota Wild visit the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Jesper Wallstedt made 23 saves in Saturday’s 5-1 win at Seattle.
The Wild did not hold a morning skate. Vancouver held an optional session, with Paul Cotter appearing set to be a healthy scratch for the first time this season, according to NHL.com’s projected lineups.
Liam Ohgren is expected to return against his former team after being scratched for Thursday’s 5-2 loss to Detroit. The projected changes on defence put Guillaume Brisebois and Luke Schenn in the lineup, with Jamie Oleksiak and Victor Mancini out.
Jeff Paterson’s morning-skate report for CanucksArmy, syndicated by Yardbarker, also points to those Vancouver changes and says Pickard will start for Minnesota.
