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Evason going to keep Wild lineup fluid

Heading into the third period of the Minnesota Wild’s season opener against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, head coach Dean Evason spotted something that wasn’t working the way he wanted and decided to switch things up. In between Zach Parise and Kirill Kaprizov on the top line, Nick Bjugstad was slotted in to start the game, but in the final 20 minutes, he decided to put former healthy scratch Victor Rask up there with the big boys.

Rask was an odd decision from the more critical fan’s point-of-view. He was already wading his way through the waters of the fourth line and to give him that direct promotion to the top was jarring.