Blackhawks at Wild preview

BLACKHAWKS (25-21-6) at WILD (23-22-6)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

Kane has 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) during his 12-game point streak.
Chicago has won six of its past seven games (6-1-0) and is 12-5-0 in its past 17.
Goalie Alex Stalock will start for Minnesota. It will be his 24th start, an NHL career-high.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in his past eight games and is one point from 800 in the NHL.
Wild forward Zach Parise has six points (five goals, one assist) in his past six games.

They said it

"It's important we're not caught by surprise (by Minnesota). There's going to be an urgency and desperation. Obviously they don't want to fall off the pace, and we're a team that's ahead of them, so they'll be ready to go and it's important we are too." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton
"I think (Stalock has) played pretty well for us. Why not go back to him? His record, he's got (11) wins. We're hoping to find lightning in a bottle from somebody. Al can give a spark." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Blackhawks projected lineup

Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Drake Caggiula
Brandon Saad -- Kirby Dach -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- David Kampf -- Dylan Strome
Zack Smith -- Ryan Carpenter -- Alex Nylander
Duncan Keith -- Adam Boqvist
Erik Gustafsson -- Connor Murphy
Olli Maatta -- Slater Koekkoek
Corey Crawford
Robin Lehner
Scratched: Matthew Highmore, Nick Seeler
Injured: Calvin de Haan (right shoulder), Brent Seabrook (right shoulder/left and right hip), Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol)

Wild projected lineup

Zach Parise -- Eric Staal -- Mats Zuccarello
Jason Zucker -- Luke Kunin -- Kevin Fiala
Marcus Foligno -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Jordan Greenway
Ryan Donato -- Mikko Koivu -- Ryan Hartman
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Brad Hunt -- Carson Soucy
Alex Stalock
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched:Victor Rask, Greg Pateryn
Injured:None

Status report

The Blackhawks claimed Seeler, a defenseman, off waivers from The Wild on Monday. …The Blackhawks assigned defenseman Dennis Gilbert to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Hunt will play his first game since Jan. 9.

Stat pack

Kane leads the Blackhawks in goals (25), assists (40) and points (65). … Staal has six points (one goal, five assists) in a five-game point streak. … Zuccarello has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games.