Ducks at Wild preview

DUCKS (28-20-11) at WILD (31-20-6)
2 p.m. ET; FS-N, PRIME, NHL.TV

Minnesota leads Anaheim by one point and has played two fewer games. The Wild are 9-3-2 in their past 14 games and have held opponents to two goals or fewer in 10 of them.
The Ducks are 8-4-2 in their past 14 games but have lost two of three. John Gibson, who is expected to start, is 3-1-1 with 1.63 goals-against average and .949 save percentage in his past five starts.
Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who could start, is 5-1-1 with 2.41 goals-against average, a .926 save percentage and one shutout in the past eight games (seven starts).

Players to watch

Ducks forward Adam Henrique has nine goals in his past 14 games after scoring five in his first 20 games with Anaheim.
Wild forward Eric Staal has six points (four goals, two assists) during a five-game point streak and 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in his past 12 games.

They said it

"You take the two points and move forward. We're going into another tough building in another huge game for us, so we can't sit on this one for long. We've got to take the positives and hopefully carry over that momentum on Saturday." -- Ducks forward Adam Henrique after a 3-2 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday
"The whole goal is when you fall off the horse or it bucks you off, you get right back on. That's what we're obviously trying to do, but I'm sure Anaheim wants to start a little streak of their own."-- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on rebounding after 5-2 loss to Washington Capitals on Thursday

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique --
Ondrej Kase
Chris Wagner -- Antoine Vermette -- JT Brown
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Francois Beauchemin --
Marcus Pettersson
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Derek Grant, Kevin Bieksa
Injured:Patrick Eaves (illness)

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Zach Parise -- Eric Staal -- Nino Niederreiter
Tyler Ennis -- Matt Cullen -- Charlie Coyle
Daniel Winnik -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Gustav Olofsson -- Matt Dumba
Nick Seeler
-- Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched: Chris Stewart, Mike Reilly
Injured:Jonas Brodin (hand)

Status report

Cullen missed practice Friday because of a maintenance day and will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Rakell has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past nine games. ... Perry has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past seven games. … Granlund has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in his past 15 games.