Wild at Canadiens preview

WILD (20-17-3) at CANADIENS (22-15-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, FS-N, NHL.TV

Dubnyk is 5-6-1 with a 2.56 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in his past 12 games. He was pulled in losses to the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 7 and Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 27.
The Wild have won eight straight against the Canadiens, their longest active run against any opponent, while outscoring them 35-10. They're 3-1-0 in their past four games following a five-game losing streak (0-4-1).
Goalie Carey Price is expected to start for the Canadiens, who are 5-2-0 in their past seven games after a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Players to watch

Wild forward Zach Parise has nine points (four goals, five assists) during a five-game point streak and has scored at least one goal in three straight games.
Canadiens forward Tomas Tatar has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games.

They said it

"We've been playing better as of late. I think we're doing a good job of holding onto the puck a little bit more in the offensive zone and creating some scoring chances that way. But we're finally putting the puck in the net a little bit and I think that's just been the biggest difference, home and road, we're converting on the chances that we're getting." -- Wild forward Zach Parise
"You hope that there's a little bit of motivation there but more than anything else you hope that the motivation to get back into the playoff spot is even greater than the motivation of revenge." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien about avenging a 7-1 road loss to Minnesota on Dec. 11

Wild projected lineup

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

Canadiens projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Max Domi -- Joel Armia
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Paul Byron
Kenny Agostino -- Michael Chaput -- Nicolas Deslauriers
Victor Mete -- Shea Weber
Mike Reilly -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Jordie Benn
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched:Matthew Peca, Charles Hudon, Karl Alzner
Injured:Andrew Shaw (neck), David Schlemko (upper body)

Status report

Stalock will likely start at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. … Armia and Byron switched lines.

Stat pack

Dubnyk is 8-1-1 with a 2.09 GAA, .932 save percentage and one shutout in 10 NHL starts against Montreal. … Price is 4-6-0 with a 3.14 GAA and .887 save percentage in 11 games against Minnesota.