Ducks at Wild preview

DUCKS (19-19-9) at WILD (23-20-3)
8 p.m. ET; ET; FS-N, PRIME, NHL.TV

The Ducks' 12-game skid (0-8-4) is the longest in their history. They've scored two goals or fewer in nine of their past 12.
Forward Max Jones, Anaheim's first-round pick (No. 24) in the 2016 NHL Draft, is likely to make his NHL debut. Jones and forward Troy Terry were recalled from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Wednesday after forwards Ryan Kesler (lower body) and Jakob Silfverberg (lower body) were placed on injured reserve.
Alex Stalock will make his second straight start for the Wild, who are 2-3-0 in their past five games and traded forward Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Victor Rask.

Players to watch

Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past 11 games.
Wild forward Zach Parise has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past 11 games.

They said it

"We knew something was going to give at some point here, so we're excited to have some fresh guys in lineup that haven't been grinding through all this. Hopefully that can help spark our group and turn this around." -- Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf
"What follows winning streaks is losing streaks, and usually what follows losing streaks is winning streaks. We just don't want them to get on a winning streak against us." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Devin Shore
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Ondrej Kase
Brian Gibbons -- Carter Rowney -- Daniel Sprong
Max Jones -- Derek Grant -- Troy Terry
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Montour
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson -- Andy Welinski
John Gibson
Chad Johnson
Scratched:Justin Kloos, Andrej Sustr
Injured:Corey Perry (knee), Ryan Miller (knee), Jakob Silfverberg (lower body), Ryan Kesler (lower body)

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Jordan Greenway -- Eric Staal -- Luke Kunin
Zach Parise -- Charlie Coyle -- Pontus Aberg
Marcus Foligno -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Greg Pateryn
Nick Seeler -- Nate Prosser
Alex Stalock
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched:Matt Hendricks, Victor Rask
Injured:Mathew Dumba (upper body), Eric Fehr (lower body)

Status report

Grant is expected to make his Ducks debut. He was acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. … Defenseman Michael Del Zotto, traded to Anaheim by the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, isn't expected to be available until after the Ducks' five-game road trip. … Aberg should make his Wild debut after he was traded by Anaheim to Minnesota for Kloos on Wednesday.

Stat pack

Rakell has three points (two goals, one assist) in a three-game point streak. … Zucker has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past four games. … Koivu is one goal from 200 in the NHL.