Wild at Stars preview

WILD (28-18-5) at STARS (29-19-4)
8 p.m. ET; FS-SW, FS-N, NHL.TV

The Wild, who defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 at home on Friday, have held opponents to two goals or fewer in six of their previous eight games.
Goalie Kari Lehtonen will make his first home start since Nov. 18 for the Stars. Ben Bishop was hit in the face with a puck while backing up Lehtonen against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday and won't dress.

Players to watch

Wild center Charlie Coyle has goals in back-to-back games.
Stars defenseman John Klingberg has 18 points (two goals, 16 assists) in his past 14 games.

They said it

"We know when we get the momentum right from the start and the crowd gets into it, we feed off of that too. It gets us going right away. [We have to] make sure we carry that into [the game against Dallas]. We're capable of it. We just have to prove it ." -- Wild forward Charlie Coyle after the win against Vegas.
"You're going to be saying the same thing on Monday when we play the Rangers. You want to play well, whatever happens, you're going to move on quickly because you've got another game that's just as important. We've got 30 of these games that are going to be like this until the end of the year." -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock

Wild projected lineup

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

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza -- Devin Shore
Antoine Roussel -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Remi Elie -- Jason Dickinson -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Stephen Johns -- Julius Honka
Kari Lehtonen
Landon Bow
Scratched:Dillon Heatherington, Gemel Smith
Injured:Marc Methot (knee), Martin Hanzal (lower body), Ben Bishop (facial swelling)

Status report

The Wild canceled their morning skate ... The Stars recalled Bow from Texas of the American Hockey League to back up Lehtinen. Hanzal and Methot each took part in morning skate but aren't ready to play. Roussel will play after missing two games with a nasal infection.

Stat pack

Brodin has one goal and four assists during a three-game point streak. Dumba has three assists in his past two games. … Radulov has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in his past 11 games. Benn has 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in his past 18 games.