Wild at Blues preview

WILD (7-3-2) at BLUES (4-4-3)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, FS-N, NHL.TV

Minnesota, which started the season 1-2-2, will be playing the third of a seven-game road trip that concludes in St. Louis on Nov. 11.
The Blues will try for their third straight win while playing the fourth of a season-long seven-game homestand.
Blues defenseman Colton Parayko will be a game-time decision after missing the morning skate with an illness.

Players to watch

Wild forward Mikael Granlund has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in a nine-game point streak.
Blues center Ryan O'Reilly has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in a six-game point streak.

They said it

"They have a lot of good hockey players. It takes them a little while to get going and it looks like they've started to get going. ... They knew it was going to take a little bit of time, but at the same time, there's a lot of skill and talent over there. When you can beat them, you've got to take advantage of it." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on the Blues
"They're firing on all cylinders. Both sides of the special teams -- obviously a big night on the power play the other night (3-for-33), the penalty kill's going good. The defensive game looks good. Offensively a lot of the same tendencies, a lot of the same things and the same people showing up. I just think it's a real good test tonight." -- Blues coach Mike Yeo on the Wild

Wild projected lineup

Zach Parise -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Jordan Greenway -- Eric Staal -- Charlie Coyle
Jason Zucker -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Nino Niederreiter
Marcus Foligno -- Eric Fehr -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Nick Seeler -- Greg Pateryn
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched: Matt Hendricks
Injured: None

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Zach Sanford -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Pat Maroon -- Tyler Bozak -- Alexander Steen
Robby Fabbri -- Robert Thomas -- Oskar Sundqvist
Jay Bouwmeester -- Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Carl Gunnarsson
Jake Allen
Chad Johnson
Scratched: Ivan Barbashev, Nikita Soshnikov, Jordan Schmaltz
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report

Boudreau said Hendricks could play if needed and brought him to St. Louis in case an extra player was needed. ... If Parayko is unavailable, Schmaltz will play.

Stat pack

Staal has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past three games and needs one goal for 400 in the NHL. ... Parise is three points from 700 in the NHL. ... Dubnyk is 4-1-0 with a 1.81 goals-against average and .941 save percentage in his past five starts. ... Tarasenko has scored four goals in a three-game goal streak. ... The Blues have scored a total of 24 goals in their past five games (3-1-1), an average of 4.8 per game.