ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (1-0-0) host its expansion brothers the Columbus Blue Jackets (0-1-0) tonight for the Wild's home opener.

Columbus Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason and his staff are keeping their lineup almost the same against Minnesota Wild as it was Oct. 9 in Nashville.

Ahead of the opener, let's take a look at the Wild's projected lines and go over some injuries of note. This is how the Wild's forward group looked in their final tune-up practice on Wednesday, via Michael Russo of The Athletic.

Lemaire's team shocked the hockey world in 2003 by rallying from a pair of 3-1 series deficits to reach the Western Conference final.

Boone Jenner has joined Rick Nash and Cam Atkinson in the Blue Jackets’ 200 goal club. The Blue Jackets’ captain joined the exclusive group Oct. 11 to help the Blue Jackets down the Minnesota Wild 7-4 in their home opener at Grand Casino Arena.

The Minnesota Wild played their first preseason game against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, and they made their first training camp roster cuts on Monday. While most of the moves were expected, there were still a few interesting nuggets that offered insight into the organization’s thinking.

Per league sources, Sturm is expected to undergo surgery for a back injury that has been ailing him since the first practice of camp.

After a solid performance from Jet Greaves in their season-opening loss, the Columbus Blue Jackets will go with Elvis Merzlikins vs Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild (1-0-0) comes off a dominant opening-night road win to host the Columbus Blue Jackets (0-1-0) for their home opener