The Minnesota Wild (15-7-6) will play the Vancouver Canucks (11-12-8) at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.

It begins a stretch of six of the next seven games at home for the Wild after returning home from a three-game road trip on which Minnesota finished 1-0-2.

"We should be coming home with a little bit of momentum, but now we have to really put our foot on the gas," Head Coach Mike Yeo said.

Earlier this season, the Canucks defeated the Wild 3-2 in Minnesota. Thomas Vanek and Charlie Coyle each scored for the Wild, and Radim Vrbata had two goals, including the game-winner, for Vancouver.

The Wild carries a season-high seven-game point streak (4-0-3) into the game on Tuesday. That includes a current five-game stretch in which the Wild has allowed four goals, two of which have come at even-strength, and two in regulation.

"What I've liked (about our defense) is we've hit the reset button, and gotten back to it the next game," Yeo said. "That's going to be important here coming off the road."

Darcy Kuemper is expected make his fourth consecutive start in goal for Minnesota. Kuemper has taken over after Devan Dubnyk sustained a mild groin injury on Dec. 5.

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