Hurricanes at Wild preview

HURRICANES (3-0-1) at WILD (1-1-1)
6 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Hurricanes have points in their first four games for the first time since they relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1997. The Hartford Whalers opened the 1995-96 season with at least a point in five straight (4-0-1).
Minnesota has been outscored 8-6 in the first three games. Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, who is expected to make his fourth straight start, has stopped 104-of-110 shots for a 1.92 goals-against average and a .945 save percentage.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has six points (two goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak.
Wild forward Jason Zucker had three points (two goals, one assist) in a 4-3 overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. He is one goal away from 100 in his NHL career.

They said it

"There's still a lot of room for improvement, which is good, but we're finding ways to win, which is even better." - Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour after a 5-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday
"[It's a] home game, another chance against a team playing extremely well. They haven't lost yet, obviously one overtime one I think, so we're going to have a good test. They're fast-paced. They're a good team, so we're going to have to have our best and get emotionally involved early in the game and hopefully try and take over and have a good night and get the job done."- Wild forward Eric Staal

Hurricanes projected lineup

Micheal Ferland -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Brock McGinn -- Martin Necas -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Haydn Fleury -- Brett Pesce
Curtis McElhinney
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Valentin Zykov, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: Scott Darling (lower body), Victor Rask (hand)

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Jordan Greenway
Zach Parise -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Nino Niederreiter -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Charlie Coyle
Marcus Foligno -- Eric Fehr -- JT Brown
Ryan Suter -- Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Nick Seeler -- Greg Pateryn
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched:Matt Hendricks, Nate Prosser
Injured:None

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

Ferland has five points (two goals, three assists) in a three-game point streak. … Jordan Staal has four points (two goals, two assists) in the past two games. … Foegele has four points (three goals, one assist) in the past two games. … McElhinney is 2-0-0 with four goals against. … Parise has three points (one goal, two assists) in three games. … Eric Staal had three points (one goal, two assists) against Chicago.