From the Rink: Staal a game-time decision for Wild in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- Eric Staal will be a game-time decision for the Wild tonight when it plays the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center.
Staal got into town late on Wednesday after battling a stomach virus for the past couple of days in San Jose.
Perhaps a couple of pounds lighter and maybe a shade or two paler than normal, Staal said following Thursday's morning skate that he feels about as well as he could, considering the circumstances.

"I don't think I'm 100 percent, feeling where I was before. But I definitely feel a lot better," Staal said. "It was good waking up today feeling more like myself and get a little sweat this morning and hopefully good game tonight."
Staal said the past 48 hours and change have been pretty tough. Even getting out of bed was a challenge for spells on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team flew from San Jose to Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon with Staal not on board the plane. He got some extra rest and flew commercial on Wednesday evening.

Depending on how he feels following morning skate and after pregame warmups, Staal could re-join the lineup after missing his first game as a member of the Wild Tuesday against the Sharks.
"It'll be a game-time decision. Everything will be depending on him and how he feels," said Wild coach Bruce Boudreau. "I anticipate and I'm hoping he's feeling a lot better. Unless he's feeling really really weak, I assume he's good to go."
One player who will not play is Matt Hendricks, who's still battling an undisclosed ailment. Hendricks missed three weeks because of a lower-body injury but returned to play in Staal's place on Tuesday.
He was granted a maintenance day on Wednesday but Boudreau said he is not an option if Staal cannot play.
The Wild recalled Matt Read from Iowa as an insurance policy. Read scored his first goal of the season in a 3-0 win against Rockford on Wednesday and skated with Minnesota on Thursday morning.
If Staal can't play, it will be Read who would scratch into the lineup.
Here are the projected lineups:
WILD
Jordan Greenway - Eric Staal - Charlie Coyle
Zach Parise - Mikko Koivu - Mikael Granlund
Jason Zucker - Joel Eriksson Ek - Nino Niederreiter
Marcus Foligno - Eric Fehr - JT Brown
Ryan Suter - Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin - Jared Spurgeon
Nick Seeler - Greg Pateryn
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
KINGS
Alex Iafallo - Anze Kopitar - Dustin Brown
Ilya Kovalchuk - Jeff Carter - Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson - Adrian Kempe - Matt Luff
Kyle Clifford - Nate Thompson - Trevor Lewis
Dion Phaneuf - Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin - Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort - Oscar Fantenberg
Jack Campbell
Peter Budaj
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Wild Warmup: Minnesota at Los Angeles