From the Rink: Canadian swing continues Monday for Wild in Montreal

Bonjour du Centre Bell, alors que Wild prépare son match contre le Club de hockey Canadien à Montréal lundi.
After a couple of days in Quebec, the French is flowing freely, as the Wild hopes the wins are when it drops the puck shortly after 6:30 p.m. CT this evening.
Minnesota is on an eight-game win streak against Montreal dating back to Dec. 3, 2014, outscoring the Canadiens 35-10 during that span. The eight-game win streak is the team's longest active win streak against any opponent.

The Wild is 2-0 on its current four-game road trip following 4-3 victories in Toronto and Ottawa to begin the trip.
The line of Zach Parise, Charlie Coyle and Luke Kunin has been red hot of late, accounting for 18 points over the past four games.

That stretch couldn't have come at a better time for both the Wild, and Parise, who is vying to reach the All-Star Game for the first time in a Wild uniform.
Parise is one of seven Central Division players as part of the NHL's "Last Men In" fan vote for the final player in each division. You can vote for Parise by visiting
NHL.com/vote
and you can vote for him up to 10 times per day.
Voting closes Thursday at 10:59 p.m. CT, so keep voting for the next couple of days.
Wild.com's Ryan Carter went around the dressing room on Sunday to chat with a few players about Parise's candidacy.

My
postgame story from Ottawa
also went a little more in depth on the success of both Parise and that line in recent games.
The Wild skated at Bell Centre on Monday. Here is what it looked like in pictoral form:

In case you missed it

Here is today's
Wild Warmup
Former Wild forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard
dropped by practice on Sunday
and was able to catch up with several of his old teammates. He'll take in his first-ever Wild game from the stands tonight at the Bell Centre.

While we're taking a trip down memory lane, here's another look at Bouchard's signature move, the spin-o-rama. An absolute thing of beauty and a lost art:

Matt Dumba is recovering from a ruptured pectoralis muscle, but was still
putting some muscle behind a campaign
on social media to help raise funds to send Forest Lake's Kalei Forga to France for the World Selects Invitational in April.
The World Junior Championship is over, but several Wild alumni
shared memories of their own experiences
at the tournament through the years.

Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk made a small gesture following the win against the Senators, but one that had a big impact on a young fan in Ottawa:

Here's a peek at how the Wild could look tonight when it takes the ice in Montreal:
Jordan Greenway - Eric Staal - Mikael Granlund
Zach Parise - Charlie Coyle - Luke Kunin
Nino Niederreiter - Mikko Koivu - Jason Zucker
Marcus Foligno - Eric Fehr - JT Brown
Ryan Suter - Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin - Greg Pateryn
Nick Seeler - Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Monday marks the final game of a three-game homestand for the Canadiens, who lost 4-1 to the Nashville Predators on Saturday.
Like the Wild, the Canadiens are embarking on the first of back-to-back games; Montreal will be in Detroit on Tuesday to take on the Red Wings.
The Canadiens currently sit one point out of both wild card spots in the Eastern Conference and three points back of the Bruins for third place in the Atlantic Division. Six points separate Montreal from the Carolina Hurricanes, who are 10th in the East.
Montreal is 5-2-0 in its past seven games overall dating back to Dec. 20.
The Canadiens could lineup like this:
Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin - Max Domi - Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Paul Byron
Kenny Agostino - Michael Chaput - Nicolas Deslauriers
Victor Mete - Shea Weber
Mike Reilly - Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak - Jordie Benn
Carey Price
Antti Niemi

Watching/listening to tonight's game:

• The game will be televised on FOX Sports North
• It can also be streamed on the FOX Sports app
• It can be heard on FM 100.3 KFAN or the Wild Radio Network
• You can also stream the audio online in the Wild NHL App