After the two-day hiatus, the Wild reconvened for practice Wednesday at Tria Rink in St. Paul, but they were not at full strength.

Jonas Brodin (interview), Zach Bogosian (personal) and Marcus Johansson (illness) did not skate. Brodin is doubtful to play against the Canadiens, while Hynes expects Bogosian and Johansson to dress; Meanwhile, the Wild added defenseman Daemon Hunt and forward Michael Milne from the minors.

Filip Gustavsson is expected to start in net for what will be his third straight appearance after Marc-Andre Fleury picked up the win against the Sharks last Thursday.

“I hope we don’t change much,” said Gustavsson, who is 7-2-2 with a .919 save percentage and 2.27 goals-against average. “I would say Anaheim, parts of the game (and) Chicago weren’t our best. But other than that, we always outplayed them and created more chances than them. If we do that, we will win more games.

While there are advantages to skating at home, like getting the last line change and having crowd support, it could benefit the Wild to play as if they were still on the road.

Maybe they’ve adapted through so much practice, or maybe they’ve visited so many different arenas to simply accentuate their strengths, but the no-nonsense style associated with road hockey works for the Wild: They have had most of their success when they dominate the first half, are opportunistic on offense and take pressure off their defense and goaltenders by reducing penalties and errors in the zone.