Preview: Blues at Wild

BLUES (16-8-4) at WILD (14-8-4)
6 p.m. ET; FS-N+, FS-MW, FS-WI, NHL.TV

Blues team scope

St. Louis Blues assistant Mike Yeo will face the Minnesota Wild for the first time in Minnesota since he was fired as coach Feb. 13, 2016. Yeo was 173-132-44 in five seasons from 2011-16. Jake Allen, who is 9-1-0 with a 2.16 goals-against average in his past 10 starts, will start in goal. Defenseman Brad Hunt will stay in the lineup, replacing Carl Gunnarsson who is day to day with a lower-body injury. Hunt had an assist in 12:42 of ice time in his first NHL game on Friday, a 4-1 win against the New Jersey Devils.

Wild team scope

The Wild are looking for a season-high fourth straight win. They are 8-3-0 at home and lead the NHL in team save percentage (.934) and goals-against average (2.01). Goalie Devan Dubnyk will start. He is 5-0-2 in his past seven games and leads the NHL with four shutouts, a .946 save percentage and 1.66 goals against average. The Wild praised Yeo for his work with the team the past five seasons. "I enjoyed him. I thought he was a good coach," defenseman Ryan Suter said. "He's intense when he needs to be but he's very personable, very approachable. I enjoyed him as a coach for sure."

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Paul Stastny -- David Perron
Robby Fabbri -- Alexander Steen -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jori Lehtera -- Patrik Berglund -- Dmitrij Jaskin
Scottie Upshall -- Kyle Brodziak -- Ryan Reaves
Jay Bouwmeester -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brad Hunt -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Jake Allen
Carter Hutton
Scratched:Ty Rattie, Nail Yakupov
Injured:Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Carl Gunnarsson (lower body)

Wild projected lineup

Zach Parise -- Eric Staal -- Jason Pominville
Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Nino Niederreiter -- Erik Haula -- Charlie Coyle
Chris Stewart -- Tyler Graovac -- Kurtis Gabriel
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Marco Scandella -- Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Gustav Olofsson, Zack Mitchell, Christian Folin
Injured:Zac Dalpe (knee), Victor Bartley (arm)

Status update

Folin is cleared to play but will be a scratch. He has missed six games with a knee injury. …Dalpe practiced on Saturday but has not been cleared to play after missing 17 games with a knee injury.

Who's hot

Tarasenko has six goals and 11 points in his past eight games. … Steen has six points (five assists) in his past five games. … Staal has five points (four assists) in his past eight games.