Wild at Stars preview

WILD (2-2-2) at STARS (3-3-0)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

Radulov has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in six games. He has a lower-body injury and sat out practice Thursday.
The Stars have lost their past two games (0-2-0) and are 1-3-0 after beginning the season 2-0-0. They are 3-1-0 at home.
Wild forward Eric Staal will play his 1,100th NHL game. Staal scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday and has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games.
It's the first of back-to-back games for the Wild, who play the Tampa Bay Lightning at home Saturday.

Players to watch

Wild forward Zach Parise has six assists in his past four games. Parise has 29 points (14 goals, 15 assists) in 29 games against the Stars.
Stars forward Tyler Seguin has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past five games and leads the NHL with 38 shots on goal. Seguin has 29 points (10 goals, 19 assists) in 24 games against the Wild.

They said it

"To be back here, it's just another road game. I feel like I've gotten better each [game]. I still need to improve ." -- Wild defenseman Ryan Suter, who will play his first game at American Airlines Center since breaking his right ankle there March 31
"We wanted someone with speed … he's created a lot of scoring chances when he's been out there." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on moving rookie Roope Hintz to the top line with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin if Alexander Radulov can't play

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Matt Read
Zach Parise -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Nino Niederreiter -- Charlie Coyle -- Jordan Greenway
Marcus Foligno -- Eric Fehr -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Nick Seeler -- Greg Pateryn
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched:Nate Prosser
Injured:Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Matt Hendricks (lower body)

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Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Roope Hintz
Devin Shore -- Jason Spezza -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Gemel Smith -- Jason Dickinson -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Marc Methot -- Miro Heiskanen
Julius Honka -- Roman Polak
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Connor Carrick
Injured:Alexander Radulov (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)

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Status report

Read was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Thursday after Hendricks was injured against Arizona. ... Foligno will play after missing practice Thursday because of an illness.... Koivu will return after missing the game against Arizona to be with his wife, who delivered their third child.

Stat pack

Minnesota has allowed the first goal in each of its past four games. … Klingberg has four goals, tied for first among NHL defensemen with Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Maxime Lajoie of the Ottawa Senators. The Stars have the best power play in the NHL at home at 54.5 percent (6-for-11).