Wild get early shakeup from coach John Hynes
The Wild have played only two games but after a brutal - loss to Columbus on their home opener Saturday coach John Hynes wasted little time in shaking things up For Monday night s challenge against the Los Angeles Kings at Grand Casino Arena the first meeting of a back-to-back that continues Tuesday in Dallas tweaked the second and third lines and opened the door for center Danila Yurov to make his NHL debut Yurov was set to replace fellow rookie Hunter Haight scoreless and a minus- as the fourth-line center with wings Liam Ohgren and Vinnie Hinostroza Only Yurov has been playing in the KHL Russia s top league since In - he broke new teammate Vladimir Tarasanko s KHL season scoring record with points goals assists With fellow Russian Kirill Kaprizov translating Yurov revealed he plays so various games in KHL already it should be easy for him to play his championship Just a little nervous Kaprizov added but he s excited and happy to jump in Marcus Johansson will join the second line as the left winger swapping spots with Marcus Foligno In two games the line of Foligno Joel Eriksson Ek and Tarasenko had no even-strength goals Foligno will play with center Ryan Hartman two goals and right wing Yakov Trenin Gustavsson opened the season with a shutout at St Louis before being scorched for seven goals on Saturday with two sets of back-to-backs the Wild are at Washington and Philadelphia on Friday and Saturday Wallstedt was going to play this week Wallstedt was - with a goals-against average and save percentage in two NHL starts last season and had a rough season with the AHL unit in Iowa - - as well I think Wally s had a good summer physically and I think mentally prepared for the season Hynes announced I think he s come back and he s had a good camp I ve seen the maturity in his championship and the way that he practices the intensity level the details that he practices with He s ready He s put the hard work in He s invariably the guy that we expect to play well So I m excited to see him play tonight and he s certainly prepared to have a good outing Briefly Tonight s contest will be Hynes th as an NHL head coach making him the th coach in NHL history to reach the milestone For reaching this NHL milestone he will receive a Tiffany crystal from the NHL Related Articles Lemaire cherishes Minnesota memories from Wild staff reunion Blue Jackets spoil Wild s home opener party Jonas Brodin s return bolsters Wild defensive depth Young leadership group vital as Wild mix newbies into key roles Four must-try new foods at Wild games this season
