The Minnesota Wild are 21-3-1 since defeating the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in overtime on Dec. 4. That win at Rogers Place was the first of a franchise-high, 12-game winning streak for Minnesota. "I don't think it really has any effect on us when it started, I think we just really started to come together at that point," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Hopefully, we can continue to stay together and continue to do well like we've been doing recently." Minnesota won four of five games prior to the All-Star break. This is the first of a four-game Western Canada road trip that continues at the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. "We try to break everything down by the weeks and try to be over .500 on the weeks and win the weeks," forward Zach Parise said. "I don't think our mentality on that is going to change, and it starts with this game." Backup goalie Darcy Kuemper will start instead of Devan Dubnyk, who along with defenseman Ryan Suter, represented the Wild at the 2017 Honda All-Star Weekend. Boudreau coached the Central Division team in the 3-on-3 format. "[Dubnyk] would probably playing if we were playing Thursday in [Calgary]," Boudreau said. "But because it's back-to-back, [Dubnyk] was going to play one and [Kuemper] was going to play the other. We thought this was the best way. They had a lot of things going on [at All-Star Weekend] and this way we can get a couple of good practices with [Dubnyk] in there."