Wild at Blackhawks preview

WILD (22-17-4) at BLACKHAWKS (21-15-6)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

Patrick Kane had an NHL career-high five points (one goal, four assists) in Chicago's 8-2 win at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. He has 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in his past 13 games.
The Blackhawks are 4-1-1 in their past six games following a three-game losing streak.
The Wild hope to avoid losing three straight games for the second time this season; they were 4-1-0 in their previous five games.

Players to watch

Wild forward Mikael Granlund has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past seven games.
Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews has nine points (five goals, four assists) in a five-game point streak.

They said it

"We got the one point. I don't think we're really happy about that. We wanted to win that game. It's never easy to come back. Gladly we did, but still we lost the game. We want to win and that's what we need to start doing and tomorrow we have a new chance." -- Wild forward Mikael Granlund after a 3-2 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday
"When everyone's playing their game, everyone's contributing, I think we're a dangerous team. Four lines contributed again tonight, it's scary when we're playing that well. I think for other teams, they don't know who to match up against [when] every line's playing well, so keep that four-line rotation, keep everyone fresh and I think that can lead to some great success here." -- Blackhawks forward Nick Schmaltz after an 8-2 win at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Charlie Coyle -- Eric Staal -- Zach Parise
Chris Stewart -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Tyler Ennis
Marcus Foligno -- Matt Cullen -- Daniel Winnik
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Mike Reilly -- Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched: Gustav Olofsson
Injured: Nino Niederreiter (lower body)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Ryan Hartman -- Nick Schmaltz -- Patrick Kane
Patrick Sharp -- David Kampf -- Alex DeBrincat
Lance Bouma -- Tommy Wingels
Duncan Keith -- Jordan Oesterle
Connor Murphy -- Brent Seabrook
Gustav Forsling -- Jan Rutta
Michal Kempny
Anton Forsberg
Jeff Glass
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Tomas Jurco
Injured:Artem Anisimov (upper body), Corey Crawford (upper body), Michal Rozsival (upper body)

Status report

Neither team had a morning skate after playing Tuesday. ... The Blackhawks acquired forward Anthony Duclair and defenseman Adam Clendening from the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday for forwards Richard Panik and Laurent Dauphin. They will play seven defensemen and 11 forwards.

Stat pack

Hinostroza has eight points (two goals, six assists) in a six-game point streak, his longest in the NHL. ... Schmaltz has scored a goal in four consecutive games and has seven points (five goals, two assists) in that span. ... Spurgeon has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past seven games after going pointless in his previous seven.