Kings at Wild preview

KINGS (2-6-1) at WILD (4-2-2)
8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-WI, FS-W, NHL.TV

Suter, 33, has seven points (two goals, five assists) this season and 500 points (77 goals, 423 assists) in his 14-year career.
The Kings will look to avoid a six-game losing streak; they have been outscored 25-7 in their past five games and last lost six straight from Jan. 4-19.
The Wild have won three straight games after a 1-2-2 start and are 3-0-2 at home.

Players to watch

Forward Alex Iafallo has three assists in his past four games and leads the Kings with seven points (two goals, five assists).
Wild forward Mikael Granlund has six points (three goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak.

They said it

"We're going to not think about [the losing streak] and play our game. We have to do better and play a full three periods, stick together and play as hard as we can every shift." -- Kings forward Alex Iafallo
"These are the games that scare you the most because [Los Angeles is] a good hockey club that hasn't played well. … If we're not ready, this will be our toughest opponent since Nashville, I'm sure." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Tyler Toffoli
Ilya Kovalchuk -- Jeff Carter -- Tanner Pearson
Kyle Clifford -- Adrian Kempe -- Nate Thompson
Austin Wagner -- Michael Amadio -- Trevor Lewis
Paul LaDue -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Sean Walker -- Dion Phaneuf
Jack Campbell
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Derek Forbort, Oscar Fantenberg, Sheldon Rempal
Injured: Dustin Brown (finger), Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)

Wild projected lineup

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

Status report

Brown is ready to return to the lineup, but is on long term injured reserve, meaning he has to miss at least 10 games. He will play against the New York Rangers on Sunday. … Eriksson Ek, who has missed five games, skated with the team but has not been cleared for contact.

Stat pack

Kopitar has one goal in his past six games. … Doughty has four points (one goal, three assists) in a three-game point streak. … Parise has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past six games. … Zucker has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Staal is three goals from 400 in the NHL.