The set-up: The 11-7-3 Minnesota Wild visit the 9-11-2 Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night. Minnesota its five-game road trip with a 4-3 shootout win in St. Louis, extending its overall point streak to four games (2-0-2). The Canucks are hoping to extend a recent turnaround that has since them earn points in four of their last five contests and six of nine, after enduring a nine-game winless streak (0-8-1).

Minnesota: The Wild's 2-0-2 run has seen them earn six of a possible eight points. "I think we're playing good hockey," head coach Bruce Boudreau told reporters. "It's just not winning eight in a row. I would like to be able to put something together." Minnesota added a defenseman Sunday by recalling Gustav Olofsson from the American Hockey League. The 21-year-old Swede made his NHL debut last campaign and his arrival coincides with the status of fellow blue-liner Christian Folin, who is expected to miss the next 3-to-4 weeks with a sprained left MCL. Minnesota center Eric Staal leads the team with 16 points and has notched an assist in three straight contests but has gone nine games without a goal.

Vancouver: Bo Horvat leads the team with modest totals in goals (seven), assists (eight) and points (15) after netting two tallies and setting up four others over his last four games. Vancouver is in the upper echelon of the league on the penalty kill as it entered Monday tied with Minnesota for sixth with an 85.2 percent success rate but the power play is a different story, as the Canucks have gone 8-for-64 (12.5 percent) to rank 26th. It was learned Monday that top defenseman Alex Edler will need surgery to repair a broken finger and be out for the next month. His injury means that Vancouver will be without him and fellow veteran defenseman Chris Tanev, who has shown no sign of returning soon.

The pick: I like the way the Wild are playing and the Canucks have had some success at home (6-4-1). The Over is a 10* play.