What It Means:

Kuemper stopped all 18 shots he faced after replacing Devan Dubnyk in the Wild’s loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. With Dubnyk out with an illness, Kuemper will start tonight. Kuemper won his first start versus the Oilers and has gone 3-2-2 with a 2.28 goals against average and .917 save percentage on home ice this season.

Kuemper projects as our top-ranked goalie for the night, as well as our top value play. We forecast him to allow 1.76 goals on 26.39 shots with a 70 percent chance of recording the win.