Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets - 2026-10-13

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NHL · Oct 13, 2026

Minnesota Wild

8:15 PM EDT

Tue, Oct 13

Winnipeg Jets

The Wild visit the Jets at Canada Life Centre. Puck drop 8:15 PM EDT. On MINNHL, Wild+.

Jets host Wild as Skinner and Pickard meet for the first time

What to watch

Nino Niederreiter, a healthy scratch for three straight games, is projected to return alongside Viggo Björck and Gabriel Vilardi. He is one point shy of 500 in the NHL.¹
Mark Scheifele has five multi-point games in his last seven against the Wild, including a four-point night the last time the teams met.¹
Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard have never faced each other in the NHL. Skinner starts for Winnipeg and Pickard for Minnesota, who played last night.¹

Wild

Projected lines⁵

Forwards

Kirill KaprizovJoel Eriksson EkMatt Boldy
Blake ColemanRyan HartmanMaxim Shabanov
Rieger LorenzDanila YurovBobby Brink
Justin KirklandMichael McCarronYakov Trenin

Defence

Quinn HughesJared Spurgeon
Olli MaattaJonas Brodin
Daemon HuntZach Bogosian

Goalies

Calvin PickardStart

NHL.com expects Pickard to start. Kirkland is expected to play after his recall; Sturm is on injured reserve.

Out: Matt Kiersted (Projected scratch), David Spacek (Projected scratch), Marcus Foligno (mid body), Nick Foligno (upper body), Brock Faber (skull fracture), Filip Gustavsson (lower body), Nico Sturm (Upper body; placed on injured reserve Tuesday)⁵

What they are evaluating⁵

NHL.com says Minnesota placed Nico Sturm on injured reserve Tuesday after he was taken to hospital Monday following a shot that hit him up high.

Jets

Projected lines⁵

Forwards

Kyle ConnorMark ScheifeleCole Perfetti
Nino NiederreiterViggo BjörckGabriel Vilardi
Isak RosenAdam LowryAlex Iafallo
Vladislav NamestnikovMorgan BarronCole Koepke

Defence

Dylan SambergDylan DeMelo
Mario FerraroNeal Pionk
Haydn FleuryTyrel Bauer

NHL.com projected lineup; Niederreiter enters for Lambert and Morrissey remains out.

Out: Jack St. Ivany (Projected scratch), Brad Lambert (Projected scratch), Elias Salomonsson (shoulder), Walker Duehr (lower body), Garrett Brown (lower body), Josh Morrissey (Upper body; day to day, did not skate Tuesday)⁵

What they are evaluating¹

Winnipeg says Stuart Skinner will start against Minnesota.

Winnipeg is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games against Minnesota and went 2-1-1 against the Wild last season. Minnesota is playing for the second straight night.¹

Sources: ¹Winnipeg Jets: GAMEDAY: Wild at Jets · ²Minnesota Wild: Game Preview: Wild at Jets · ³Minnesota Wild: Minnesota Wild Recalls Forward Tyler Pitlick from Iowa · ⁴NHL.com: Wild score three in first period, end Golden Knights' winning streak at four · ⁵NHL.com: Wild at Jets projected lineups. Lines and availability are the clubs' own and can change before puck drop.