Minnesota Wild center Martin Hanzal will be a game-time decision after missing three games with an illness. Hanzal skated Saturday morning and said he feels good enough to play. "It's always tough to miss games," Hanzal said. "I'm on a new team so I'm trying to fit in and learn the system and everything around it. It's been tough. It's been a tough week for me." Hanzal has four assists in seven games with Minnesota, which will try to end a three-game losing streak; the Wild are 1-5-0 in their past six games. Minnesota is three points behind the Chicago Blackhawks for first place in the Central Division and Western Conference with a game in hand. "We've gone through a little bit in the last 10 days," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "I'm very confident that this team, whether it's tonight, whether it's tomorrow [at the Winnipeg Jets] or whether it's the next day, is going to come out of this and we're going to be a better team for it." Goaltender Devan Dubnyk will start. Forward Eric Staal will play his 999th NHL game.
