Canadiens at Wild preview

CANADIENS (15-10-5) at WILD (15-12-2)
8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-WI, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV

The Canadiens have won three straight after winning one game in their previous seven (1-4-2). They have allowed two goals or fewer in five of their past six games.
Goalie Devan Dubnyk is expected to start for Minnesota, which is 1-5-0 in its past six games.

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Players to watch

Canadiens forward Max Domi has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past five games. He leads Montreal with 14 goals and 31 points.
Wild forward Mikael Granlund has nine points (one goal, eight assists) in his past eight games.

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They said it

"(Minnesota is) a big team. They're big, they're strong, they're experienced. You look at a lot of those guys have been around for a long time so they don't make it easy for other teams to play against them and I think that's going to be the biggest challenge tonight." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien
"The best way (to get out of a slump) is to play better. Being committed, understanding what we're doing, and get back to where you're capable of what you were doing earlier on in the year or earlier on two weeks ago." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

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Canadiens projected lineup

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

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Wild projected lineup

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

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Status report

Juulsen returns after missing nine games with a facial fracture sustained Nov. 19. … The Wild recalled Kunin from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Sunday. … Koivu is day to day.

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Stat pack

Shaw has four points (one goal, three assists) during a four-game point streak. … Drouin has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games. … The Wild has won seven straight games against the Canadiens since Dec. 3, 2014.