STL-MIN

BLUES (8-3-3) at WILD (4-9-0)
8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-W, NHL.TV

The Blues, coming off a 4-3 overtime win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, have won three straight and are 5-1-0 in their past six games after a four-game winless skid (0-2-2).
Minnesota has lost two straight games and is 1-3-0 in its past four but 3-1-0 at home. The Wild lost 2-1 at the Blues on Wednesday.

Players to watch

Blues forward David Perron has seven points (two goals, five assists) in a three-game point streak.
Wild forward Eric Staal has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past six games.

They said it

"It's going to be a tight game. It's going to be a physical game, I feel like. We need to stick to our game plan and play our game and do what we do best. For our line, it's going to be to keep getting pucks in deep and getting them back." -- Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist on playing the Wild for the second time in three games
"We like to think that there's chances for us, that, we've had a bad start, but if we can get it going now, we'll be fine. Just watching [the Blues] you can see…how much they've gained by the structure they played with and everybody on their team now, going through what they went through last year, everybody plays the same way. They're a really good team to follow if you want to learn how to win." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Blues projected lineup
Wild projected lineup
Status report

The Blues did not skate. … Seeler will play after being a healthy scratch for six straight games and 11 times this season.

Stat pack

O'Reilly has six points (two goals, four assists) in a three-game point streak. …Schenn has six points (five goals, one assist) in his past six games. …Pietrangelo has four points (one goal, three assists) in a three-game point streak. …Zucker has four points (one goals, three assists) in a three-game point streak. …Brodin will play his 500th NHL game.