Lightning at Wild preview

LIGHTNING (4-1-0) at WILD (3-2-2)
8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-WI, SUN, NHL.TV

The Lightning, who will play their first road game following a five-game homestand to begin the season, have outscored opponents 15-5 during their winning streak.
Goalie Alex Stalock is expected to start for Minnesota, which seeks its third consecutive victory. The Wild are playing the second half of a back-to-back after a 3-1 win at the Dallas Stars on Friday.

Players to watch

Lightning forward Yanni Gourde has five points (two goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.
Wild forward Zach Parise has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"We're really being thrown to the fire because when you really think about it, this is arguably one of the toughest three buildings to play in. The Wild win here on a regular basis. … This is going to be a tough one. We took care of business at home, but if you want to be playing in April, May or June, you have to win on the road. This is going to be a tough one for us." -- Lightning coach Jon Cooper
"[Tampa Bay is] fast. They got superstars. They got great goaltending and they've got a Norris Trophy defenseman (Victor Hedman). I think that's enough of a challenge for one night." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Lightning projected lineup

Yanni Gourde -- Brayden Point -- Steven Stamkos
Ondrej Palat -- Tyler Johnson -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
J.T. Miller -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh -- Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched: Adam Erne, Slater Koekkoek
Injured: None

Wild projected lineup

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

Status report

Tampa Bay sent forward Danick Martel to Syracuse of the American Hockey League for conditioning.

Stat pack

Johnson has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games. … Point has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games. … Kucherov has four points (one goal, three assist) in a three-game point streak. … Vasilevskiy (3-1-0) has allowed two goals or fewer in all four starts. … Suter has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past five games. … Zucker has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past five games. … Granlund has five points (two goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.