MONTREAL – The Wild wraps up its three-game road trip Thursday against the Canadiens at Bell Centre, and the team will start the goalie who's been in net for its lone win this season.
Backup Alex Stalock gets the nod, just his second career appearance vs. Montreal.
"It's pretty cool," Stalock said. "Obviously coming here and watching a lot of hockey here, the history here, you look up there all the names in the [rafters], it's pretty special. Looking forward to it and obviously to get a win out of here is crucial right now."
After Stalock backstopped the Wild to a 2-0 victory Monday in Ottawa, the team suffered a setback Tuesday in Toronto with a 4-2 loss to sit 1-1 on this trek and 1-5 overall.
What Stalock noticed about the group's winning effort was the team competed for 60 minutes, which hasn't been the case for much of this season.
"Since Day 1, that's kind of our been our one big flaw I guess if you look at our games is little lulls – whether it's a minute, four minutes, six minutes, eight minutes," Stalock said.
As the Wild vies to end this trip on a positive note, it will be without center Victor Rask.
He's out with a lower-body injury. Winger Kevin Fiala will get back into the lineup after being a healthy scratch Tuesday. And defenseman Nick Seeler will make his return to action after not playing since the season opener, a string of five consecutive absences as a healthy scratch.
