Wild at Stars preview

WILD (43-24-10) at STARS (39-31-8)
8 p.m. ET; FS-SW+, FS-N+, NHL.TV

The Wild are 4-0-3 in their past seven games, their longest point streak of the season, after defeating the Stars 5-2 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. They lead the St. Louis Blues by four points for third place in the Central.
Dallas is six points behind the Blues for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. The Stars would be eliminated from playoff contention with a regulation loss, a win by the Blues later Saturday against the Arizona Coyotes, or any combination of one Dallas point and one St. Louis point.
The Stars are 1-7-2 in their past 10 games and have scored two goals or fewer in 10 of their past 13.

Players to watch

Wild forward Mikael Granlund has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past five games. His shorthanded goal Thursday ended a 13-game scoring drought.
Stars forward Tyler Seguin has 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) since March 1, seventh-most in the NHL.

They said it

"Ideally, you want to make it on your own terms. You don't want to have to be scoreboard watching, if this happens, that happens." -- Wild forward Zach Parise on finishing third in the Central Division
"The icon of the franchise is here. You want to put on a good show for Mike," -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock on Hall of Famer Mike Modano appearing during pregame activities on Fan Appreciation Night

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Nino Niederreiter
Zach Parise -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Jordan Greenway
-- Matt Cullen -- Charlie Coyle
Daniel Winnik -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Ryan Suter -- Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Ryan Murphy
Nick Seeler -- Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched:Tyler Ennis
Injured:Luke Kunin (knee), Jared Spurgeon (hamstring), Gustav Olofsson (upper body)

Stars projected lineup

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

Status report

Seeler replaces Olofsson, who left in the second period Thursday. … Johns, also injured Thursday, will be out at least 4-5 days. Heatherington could enter the lineup as a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Dumba set a single-game record for Wild defensemen with four points (one goal, three assists) on Thursday. … Lehtonen is 2-8-1 in the past 12 games (10 starts) since Bishop was injured March 5. … Brodin will play in his 400th NHL game and Klingberg in his 300th.