Coming to you live inside the Scottrade Center, where the Wild will take on the St. Louis Blues in a huge showdown between the 10th- and 12th-place teams in the West. It just doesn’t get any bigger folks.

Wild’s on fire, having gotten points in six of its past 10. Of course, it’s also lost eight of its past 10, but in the NHL, you can lose eight of 10 as long as it’s 2-4-4 and still be in the thick of it. Gotta love the NHL, where parity is partly a facade.

I nearly sprained Niklas Backstrom’s knee as I walked into the arena. He was turning a corner doing his turtle walk. I was turning a corner Blackberrying. And, luckily I looked up in time and missed tonight’s starting goaltender.

Yes, the Wild’s coming back with Backstrom. Not sure yet the rest of the lineup, but I’ll let you know during warmups. I hear defenseman Marek Zidlicky isn’t feeling well, so we’ll see if that means Kurtis Foster will play or Zidlicky will gut it out.

That’s it for now.

4 p.m. update: Foster and Craig Weller aren’t playing. They just pulled up in the two seats next to me in the press box.

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