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Wild's plan was to ride Devan Dubnyk early

Before the season began, Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk said he looked forward to a campaign in which he wouldn't have to start 39 straight games, as he did last year.

And yet in a Thanksgiving Eve game that begins a string of three games in four days, Dubnyk is set to start a 12th straight time, and for the 18th time in the Wild's 20 games.

By the end of Wednesday, only two goalies were expected to have more starts -- one of them the goalie opposite Dubnyk, Vancouver's Ryan Miller.

"It's fine by me," Dubnyk said.