Wild at Senators preview

WILD (17-13-3) at SENATORS (11-13-7)
7 p.m. ET; TN5, RDS, FS-N, NHL.TV

The Senators defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 in the 2017 Scotiabank NHL100 Classic on Saturday, but they are 3-10-2 in their past 15 games. Craig Anderson, who had his 40th NHL shutout against the Canadiens, will start for the Senators.
The Wild have lost their past two games after a four-game winning streak. They have been held to two goals or fewer in four straight games and six of their past eight.
Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk will miss his fourth game with a lower-body injury sustained Dec. 12 against the Calgary Flames. Alex Stalock is 1-2-0 with one shutout and six goals allowed in three starts since Dubnyk was injured.

Players to watch

Wild defenseman Matt Dumba has three goals in the past two games.
Senators forward Bobby Ryan has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past two games.

They said it

"We've got a lot of forwards that are in a slump, I would say. Don't forget this team was second in the League in scoring last year, so they're feeling it more than they should." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau
"We're getting rewarded a little bit more now for how we've been playing. We went through a tough stretch there where there were some games we didn't deserve to win, but there were some where we felt we were right there." -- Senators forward Matt Duchene

Wild projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Eric Staal -- Charlie Coyle
Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Joel Eriksson Ek -- Daniel Winnik -- Chris Stewart
Marcus Foligno -- Matt Cullen -- Tyler Ennis
Ryan Suter -- Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Mike Reilly -- Nate Prosser
Alex Stalock
Steve Michalek
Scratched:Gustav Olofsson, Zack Mitchell
Injured:Devan Dubnyk (lower body), Zach Parise (back)

Senators projected lineup

Bobby Ryan -- Matt Duchene -- Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel -- Derick Brassard -- Tom Pyatt
Mike Hoffman -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Zack Smith
Alexandre Burrows -- Nate Thompson --
Nick Paul
Johnny Oduya
-- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Fredrik Claesson -- Thomas Chabot
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched:Ben Harpur
Injured:Chris Wideman (hamstring), Mark Borowiecki (concussion), Gabriel Dumont (ankle)

Status report

Dubnyk will join the Wild in Florida on Thursday, but Boudreau said but no date has been set for his return. Foligno will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

Stat pack

Staal has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past five games. … Stone has an assist in each of his past three games. Anderson is 2-0-0 with a shutout and two goals against in his past two games.