The defenseman, who has 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in 17 games, missed five games with an upper-body injury. The Bruins are 3-0-3 in their past six games and the last NHL team without a regulation home loss (8-0-4) this season. The Wild begin a three-game road trip looking to stretch their point streak to five games and winning streak to three. They're 3-0-1 in their past four.
Players to watch
Wild forward Zach Parise has five points (four goals, one assist) in his past four games. Bruins forward David Pastrnak has five points (four goals, one assist) during a three-game goal streak and leads the NHL with 20 goals.
They said it
"It's pretty tough. I mean they're really good, but you've got to work harder than them. But that's what's usually tough because they work as hard as anybody." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on the Bruins "Start on time, a little more passion in our game early. It's nice that we pushed back and played through bad stretches, but that's no way to hang your hat. … There were some bad habits there we're trying to get out of our game and that's what we'll start doing again tonight." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy
Dubnyk remains away from the Wild to attend a family issue. ... The Wild will use the same 18 skaters from their 3-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday … Stalock makes his third straight start. … Kampfer, who last played Nov. 2, replaces Clifton. … Vaakanainen comes out for Krug's return. … Ritchie returns to replace Lindholm after missing one game with an upper-body injury. ... The Bruins assigned defenseman Urho Vaakanainen to Providence of the American Hockey League.
Stat pack
Koivu has a four-game point streak (four assists) and is one point from 700 in his NHL career. … Marchand has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past six games.
