The Wild won't know their lineup until after warmups ahead of a must-win Game 6 vs. Dallas on Friday night at Xcel Energy Center.
Ryan Hartman and Mats Zuccarello didn't practice Thursday (maintenance). Hartman skated Friday morning, but Zuccarello did not. Filip Gustavsson was the first goaltender off the ice, which suggests he'll make a fourth consecutive start.
"We think everyone's available," coach Dean Evason said. "But you never know, right?"
After falling behind 3-2 in a series, the Wild have forced a Game 7 four times in team history.
This most recently happened in 2021 in the first round vs. Vegas; before that, they persevered in 2014 in the first round against Colorado and then during the first (Colorado) and second (Vancouver) rounds in 2003 en route to the Western Conference finals vs. Anaheim.
In this best-of-seven, the Wild are down 3-2 after losing Games 4 and 5 to trail the Stars for the first time.
"For the most part, our group has handled adversity very well throughout this series," Evason said. "We haven't executed in some areas. We haven't probably got enough breaks and in different situations as far as breaks and calls and bounces and all of that kind of stuff. We're expecting us to work to provide those and to gain those breaks, not wait for them to happen.
"We'll expect them to happen here tonight because of the way we're going to play."
