Wild at Jets preview

WILD (17-16-3) at JETS (24-11-2)
4 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-N, NHL.TV

The Wild are 0-4-1 with five goals in that span and have lost 10 of their past 13 games (3-9-1), including a 5-2 loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. They have allowed two goals or fewer in five of their past seven.
The Jets are 2-1-0 in their past three games and 11-3-0 in their past 14. They will be looking to bounce back from a 4-1 home loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Winnipeg has scored at least four goals in six of its past nine games but has scored one goal in three of its past four.

Players to watch

Wild forward Zach Parise has one goal in his past five games after having six points (two goals, four assists) in a three-game point streak.

Jets forward Mark Scheifele has 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in his past nine games, and multiple points in six of his past nine.

They said it

"We are facing quite a bit of adversity, and we're hoping that if you go out and beat the best then maybe things turn right around." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on facing the Western Conference-leading Jets
"Obviously, guys are aware of what other teams are doing, trending which direction. That really doesn't change our approach to the game. Every team has been there before and if you aren't ready … if you're thinking offense first, any team in this league can put up numbers against you." -- Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey

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
Injured: Matt Dumba (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Andrew Copp -- Jack Roslovic -- Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Joe Morrow, Nic Petan, Brendan Lemieux
Injured: None

Status report

Seeler did not practice Friday and is questionable to play Saturday. … The Wild sent forward Joel Eriksson Ek to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Byfuglien was fined $2,500 on Friday for his slashing Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau on Thursday.

Stat pack

Dubnyk is 2-4-1 with a 2.18 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage in his past seven starts. … Wheeler has 23 points (two goals, 21 assists) in his past 15 games. ... Ehlers has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his past nine games. … Hellebuyck is one win shy of 100 in the NHL (99-51-15). … Laine has no points in his past four games. … Morrissey is expected to play his 200th NHL game.