Wild at Stars preview

WILD (4-7-0) at STARS (4-8-1)
8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW+, FS-N, FS-WI, NHL.TV

Dallas won the first two games of the homestand but lost 3-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The Stars have won their past four games against the Wild and are 4-1-1 in their past six at home against Minnesota.
The Wild have won three of their past four games (3-1-0) after losing six of seven (1-6-0) to start the season.
Wild forward Mats Zuccarello will play his first game against the Stars since signing a five-year contract with Minnesota on July 1. Zuccarello played 15 regular-season and Stanley Cup Playoff games for the Stars last season.

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Players to watch

Wild center Eric Staal has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games.
Stars goalie Ben Bishop is 2-1-0 with a 1.35 goals-against average and .958 save percentage in his past three starts.

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They said it

"I had a good time here. We had a good playoff run and I got hurt, so I didn't play that many games. I got some good friends on the team and around, and that's always nice. It's cool to be here and see all of the guys and stuff, but we're here to win a hockey game." -- Wild forward Mats Zuccarello on returning to Dallas
"I think with the spot we're in right now we can't take anybody lightly. We've had our own troubles so I think we have to focus more on our game and what we have to do to win and not think too much about what team we're facing and what their record is." -- Stars defenseman Jamie Oleksiak

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Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Mats Zuccarello
Zach Parise -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Luke Kunin
Marcus Foligno -- Mikko Koivu -- Ryan Hartman
Jordan Greenway -- Victor Rask -- Ryan Donato
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Carson Soucy -- Brad Hunt
Alex Stalock
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched: Nick Seeler
Injured:Kevin Fiala (lower body), Greg Pateryn (core)

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Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Corey Perry
Alexander Radulov -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Dickinson -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Nick Caamano
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley -- Taylor Fedun
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Justin Dowling
Injured: Blake Comeau (lower body), Andrej Sekera (upper body), Roman Polak (upper body), Stephen Johns (post traumatic headaches), Martin Hanzal (back)

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Status report

Fiala will not play Tuesday, but Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said that he is close to a return. … Seguin felt sick and missed the morning skate but is expected to play.

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Stat pack

The Wild are 1-6-0 on the road this season. … Seguin has six points (four goals, two assists) and three multipoint games in his past three games against the Wild. … The Stars are 28-7-3 with one tie at home against the Wild.