Wild at Flames preview

WILD (15-10-2) at FLAMES (17-9-2)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, FS-N, NHL.TV

The Flames, 7-1-1 in their past nine games, have scored at least four goals in six of those nine.
Goalie Mike Smith will attempt to win for the fifth straight time; he's 4-0-0 with a 1.91 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in his past four starts for Calgary, which is in first place in the Pacific Division.
The Wild, 1-3-0 in their past four games, have allowed at least four goals in four of their past six games.
Goalie Alex Stalock, playing in his 100th NHL game, will start for Minnesota; he's 5-2-0 with a 2.45 GAA and .913 save percentage in seven games (six starts) this season.

Players to watch

Wild forward Mikael Granlund has five points (one goal, four assists) in a three-game point streak, and nine points (one goal, eight assists) in his past six games.
Flames center Sean Monahan has seven points (four goals, three assists) in a three-game point streak, and 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"They can put pucks in the net, but we're focused on us here. We've been playing good hockey the last couple games. We're just worried about ourselves, keeping going what we have going." -- Wild goalie Alex Stalock
"I think guys really feed off each other and we get going and play aggressive. We like our ability to score, our offensive game. We can be a lot sharper, though, in areas defensively, for sure." -- Flames defenseman Mark Giordano

Wild projected lineup

Zach Parise -- Mikko Koivu -- Charlie Coyle
Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Mikael Granlund
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Nino Niederreiter
Marcus Foligno -- Eric Fehr -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Nick Seeler -- Greg Pateryn
Alex Stalock
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched: Matt Hendricks, Nate Prosser
Injured: None

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Andrew Mangiapane
-- Mark Jankowski -- James Neal
Ryan Lomberg -- Derek Ryan -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Dalton Prout
Injured:Michael Frolik (lower body), Juuso Valimaki (lower body), Michael Stone (blood clot)

Status report

Minnesota held an optional morning skate. … Brown is expected to play in place of Hendricks. … Kylington and Lomberg will play after each was a healthy scratch in Calgary's 9-6 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Suter has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past six games. … Dumba has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 10 games. … Gaudreau has nine points (four goals, five assists) in a five-game point streak. … Lindholm has seven points (two goals, five assists) in a four-game point streak.