Pekka Rinne was the first goalie off the ice at morning skate and will be between the pipes Thursday against the Wild, NHL.com's Robby Stanley reports.

Rinne was the first goalie off the ice at morning skate and will be between the pipes Thursday against the Wild, NHL.com's Robby Stanley reports.

Analysis:

Thursday's match will pit arguably the league's best goalie this season in Rinne against perhaps the most dominant goalie of the past two months in Devan Dubnyk, who will make his 19th straight start for the Wild. Aside from a five-goal hiccup against the Islanders last Thursday, Rinne doesn't have too many black marks in his game log of late. He's given up two of fewer goals in seven of his last eight games.