Backup Alex Stalock will start Sunday against the Flames at Xcel Energy Center when the Wild wraps up a four-game homestand, but No.1 Devan Dubnyk will be honored before puck drop for playing in his 500th career game earlier this season.
"You just want the goalie's focus on the game rather than everything else, family coming in and all this stuff," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "So that was the reason we did it that way."
Dubnyk was in net Saturday afternoon when the Wild toppled the Jets 3-2 in overtime, rallying after scoring the tying goal in the third period. The victory snapped a two-game slide for the Wild.
"Hopefully that translates over into tonight's game," defenseman Matt Dumba said. "It was awesome. I thought that was one of the best games we've played in a while, so we want to keep that rolling."
This is the second of three meetings between the Wild and Flames.
The Wild won the first matchup, 3-0, on Dec.23. That game was the second half of a back-to-back for Calgary. This go-around, it'll be the Wild finishing off two games in two days.
"They're going to be really ready for us," Boudreau said. "Taing nothing anyway from anybody but once Winnipeg got the lead [Saturday], they sort of sat back and we kept going at them. I don't think Calgary is going to sit back at all today."
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