Wild at Jets preview

WILD (0-2-0) at JETS (2-2-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-N, FS-WI, NHL.TV

Since entering the NHL in 2000-01, the Wild have never started a season 0-3-0. They began their inaugural season with two straight losses and a tie, followed by another loss, and went 0-1-2 to begin 2013-14.
Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk will start his third straight game. He's 0-2-0 with a 3.58 goals-against average and .887 save percentage.
Defensemen Josh Morrissey and Dmitry Kulikov will return for the Jets. Morrissey missed two games because of an upper-body injury and Kulikov did not play in a 4-1 win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday because of the birth of his second child, a daughter.
The Wild have won six straight games against the Jets. Minnesota was 5-0-0 against Winnipeg last season, outscoring it 18-8.

Players to watch

Jets forward Patrik Laine has six points (one goal, five assists) in a four-game point streak to start the season.
Wild defenseman Ryan Suter has three points (one goal, two assists) in two games this season.

They said it

"I still want to score. I would still want more goals than assists. But points are points. … I think last year I was just stressed about contracts and all of that kind of stuff. Now I have it in my pocket, so now I can just play hockey and not worry about that." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine
"God, I wish I could tell you because the year before that they kicked our butt all the time. I just think it's hockey in the NHL is so tight that sometimes a team gets a little bit of confidence against another team and they get success." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on Minnesota going 5-0-0 against Winnipeg last season

Wild projected lineup

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

Jets projected lineup

Patrik Laine -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Andrew Copp -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Gabriel Bourque -- Adam Lowry -- Mark Letestu
Mathieu Perreault -- Jack Roslovic -- Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk
Ville Heinola -- Tucker Poolman
Dmitry Kulikov -- Anthony Bitetto
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: David Gustafsson, Sami Niku , Carl Dahlstrom
Injured: Bryan Little (concussion), Nathan Beaulieu (upper body)
Suspended: Dustin Byfuglien

Status report

The Jets reassigned defenseman
Nelson Nogier
to Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.

Stat pack

Wheeler needs one point to reach 700 in the NHL. … Winnipeg has allowed the first goal in each of its four games this season. … Scheifele has six points (one goal, five assists). … Ehlers has five points (one goal, four assists).