Wild at Hurricanes preview

WILD (35-31-9) at HURRICANES (40-26-7)
7 p.m. ET; FS-WI, FS-CR, FS-N, NHL.TV

The Wild, who are 3-4-3 in the past 10 games, moved into the second wild card on Friday with a 2-1 win against the Washington Capitals. Minnesota is one point ahead of the Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes.
Devan Dubnyk will start in goal, and Zach Parise could be a game-time decision after a collision with Capitals forward Tom Wilson.
Goalie Petr Mrazek will start for the Hurricanes, who hold the first wild card from the Eastern Conference. The Hurricanes, who are 9-3-1 in the past 13 games, trail the Pittsburgh Penguins by four points for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Mrazek is 7-1-0 with a 1.73 goals-against average, .944 save percentage and two shutouts in his past eight starts.

They said it

"It was a big win for us last night, but now you've got to totally focus and reset and try to do it again today. Everyone woke up energized and excited to play another game. Now it's about trying to perform." -- Wild forward Eric Staal
"It's always emotional when you play against your former team. Sometimes you think what would have happened if you had stayed there, but overall, I had a terrific six years there and made a lot of friends. It's now a new chapter, I guess." -- Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter, who was acquired from Minnesota for forward Victor Rask on Jan. 17

Players to watch

Wild forward Zach Parise has four points (two goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak. He has 31 points (18 goals, 13 assists) in 33 games against the Hurricanes.
Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has seven points (two goals, five assists) in five games against the Wild.

Wild projected lineup

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

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Justin Williams
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Teuvo Teravainen
Micheal Ferland -- Lucas Wallmark -- Jordan Martinook
Brock McGinn -- Greg McKegg -- Warren Foegele
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brett Pesce -- Justin Faulk
Calvin de Haan -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Petr Mrazek
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Saku Maenalanen
Injured: None

Status report

Minnesota did not hold a morning skate. ... Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said that a few Carolina players could be game-time decisions.

Stat pack

Donato has six points (two goals, four assists) in the past four games. … Williams has scored two goals in the past three games, and he is one point away from 300 points with Carolina