Stars at Wild preview

STARS (36-28-5) at WILD (33-29-8)
8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-WI, FS-SW, NHL.TV

Bishop is attempting to become the first goalie in Stars/Minnesota North Stars history to achieve the feat and the first in the NHL since Brian Boucher of the then-Phoenix Coyotes had five consecutive shutouts from Dec. 31, 2003 to Jan. 8, 2004.
Bishop has allowed one goal on 124 shots (.992 save percentage) in his past four starts.
The Stars, 5-1-0 in their past six games, hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference, two points ahead of the Arizona Coyotes, three ahead of the Wild and two points behind the St. Louis Blues for third place in the Central Division.
Dallas has a game in hand on Arizona and Minnesota, which has lost two straight and is 1-2-2 in its past five.

Players to watch

Stars forward Alexander Radulov has nine points (six goals, three assists) in his past eight games.
Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, who will start, is 6-2-1 with a 2.14 goals-against average, .927 save percentage and one shutout in his past nine starts.

They said it

"We've just really been focusing on ourselves. We have felt that a lot of our strong points have kind of slipped in three of the last four games and we want to get back to outworking our opponents." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery
"I do think it's when you're growing up and playing in the driveway, these are the kind of games you're describing. It's not a Game 7, but it's a five-point difference with 11 games to go if we're not successful." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Stars projected lineup

Roope Hintz -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Jamie Benn -- Jason Dickinson -- Joel L'Esperance
Mattias Janmark -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Andrew Cogliano -- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen -- Roman Polak
Taylor Fedun -- Ben Lovejoy
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: Julius Honka, Valeri Nichushkin, Jamie Oleksiak
Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Tyler Pitlick (upper body), Mats Zuccarello (arm)

Wild projected lineup

Zach Parise -- Eric Staal -- Kevin Fiala
Ryan Donato -- Luke Kunin -- Jason Zucker
Jordan Greenway -- Victor Rask -- Pontus Aberg
Marcus Foligno -- Eric Fehr -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Brad Hunt
Greg Pateryn -- Nick Seeler
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched: Anthony Bitetto
Injured: Mikko Koivu (knee), Matt Dumba (ruptured right pectoral muscle), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)

Status report

Kunin will return after missing two games with an upper-body injury. … Dumba skated on his own on Wednesday but there is no timetable for his return.

Stat pack

Bishop hasn't allowed a goal since 15:40 of the second period during a 4-1 win at the St. Louis Blues on March 2; his shutout streak is at 204:20, second-longest in Stars/North Stars history to Ed Belfour's 219:26, set in 2000. … Cesare Maniago (Dec. 13-16, 1967) and Belfour (Nov. 17-24, 2000) are the only other Stars/North Stars goalies with shutouts in three consecutive appearances.