Wild at Hurricanes preview

WILD (0-1-0) at HURRICANES (0-0-0)
7 p.m. ET; FSN-N, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Goaltender Alex Stalock will start for the Wild, who lost their season opener, 4-2 at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday in a game started by Devan Dubnyk.
Scott Darling will make his debut for the Hurricanes. The former Chicago Blackhawks backup who was acquired in a trade April 28 is expected to take over the starting role from longtime Carolina goalie Cam Ward.
The Hurricanes will open the season with co-captains Jordan Staal and Justin Faulk, who were named on Thursday. The captaincy had remained vacant since Eric Staal was traded was traded to the New York Rangers on January 28, 2016.

Players to watch

Wild center Eric Staal is Carolina's all-time leading scorer with 322 goals. His 28 goals with Minnesota last season were his highest since scoring 33 in 2010-11.
Hurricanes forward Justin Williams returns to Carolina, where he won the Stanley Cup in 2006. He scored 31 goals that season and 33 in 2006-07, the two highest goal totals of his career.
Williams signed a two-year, $9 million contract on July 1.

They said it

"It's a dent in our lineup, for sure. We've got (five days) off after this. There's no sense chasing the injury all year long. Get rid of it early in the year so he's healthy to go." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on holding Granlund out of the lineup until their next game against the Chicago Blackhawks on October 12
"It's been three-plus years in the making to get to this point, so there's a lot of excitement over the start of the year. We're excited about the changes we've made. Now we get to see them take place in a real game." -- Hurricanes coach Bill Peters on beginning his fourth season behind the bench

Wild projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Eric Staal -- Charlie Coyle
Marcus Foligno -- Mikko Koivu -- Tyler Ennis
Jason Zucker -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Chris Stewart
Daniel Winnik -- Matt Cullen -- Gustav Olofsson
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Matt Dumba -- Jonas Brodin
Kyle Quincey -- Mike Reilly
Alex Stalock
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched:none
Injured: Mikael Granlund (lower body), Zach Parise (undisclosed)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Elias Lindholm -- Jordan Staal -- Sebastian Aho
Teuvo Teravainen -- Victor Rask -- Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner -- Derek Ryan -- Janne Kuokkanen
Joakim Nordstrom -- Marcus Kruger -- Brock McGinn
Jaccob Slavin -- Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Scott Darling
Cam Ward
Scratched: Klas Dahlbeck, Josh Jooris, Martin Necas
Injured: Lee Stempniak (upper body)

Status report

Boudreau said Parise skated well on Friday and anticipates his return to the lineup against the Blackhawks on Thursday... Kuokkanen and Fleury will each make his NHL debut ... Jordan Staal will serve as captain at home during the first half of the season with Faulk serving as the captain on the road.

Stat pack

Chris Stewart had a goal and an assist against the Red Wings. ... Carolina is 0-4-2 in its past six season openers.