Wild at Kings preview

WILD (6-10-1) at KINGS (5-11-1)
10:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, FS-N, FS-WI NHL.TV

The Wild are 2-1-0 during the first three games of the trip and have scored at least four goals in three straight games, including a 4-3 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.
The Kings are hoping for their first win in four games. They went 0-2-1 during a three-game trip to Canada, which concluded with a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. They have been outscored 32-16 in their past eight games (1-6-1).

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Players to watch

Wild forward Kevin Fiala has five points (three goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak.
Kings center Anze Kopitar has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past five games, including points in three straight.

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They said it

"We play 20 of our first 30 [games] on the road. If we can stay in the hunt at that point in time, I think the middle part of the season will be really good." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau
"What are you doing the rest of the night? Odds are you're on the ice between 12 and 20 minutes, especially if you're a forward. Puck's on your tape for 45 seconds of that time. What else is happening?" -- Kings coach Todd McLellan on getting young players to do more than trying to score

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Wild projected lineup

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

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Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Jeff Carter -- Michael Amadio -- Tyler Toffoli
Carl Grundstrom -- Blake Lizotte -- Austin Wagner
Ilya Kovalchuk -- Adrian Kempe -- Kyle Clifford
Alec Martinez -- Drew Doughty
Ben Hutton -- Sean Walker
Kurtis MacDermid -- Matt Roy
Jonathan Quick
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Joakim Ryan, Matt Luff, Nikolai Prokhorkin
Injured:Trevor Lewis (lower body), Derek Forbort (back)

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Status report

Foligno is more week-to-week than day-to-day, Wild general manager Bill Guerin said Monday. … Kunin will play after missing the game Saturday because of food poisoning. … Lewis was placed on injured reserve Monday. He sustained the injury in the first period against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. … Luff was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

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Stat pack

Dumba needs one assist for 100 in the NHL … Staal has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games. … The Kings have allowed 18 power-play goals, second-most in the NHL behind the Detroit Red Wings (19).