Both Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Johansson are healthy and will play on Saturday.
Both Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Johansson are healthy and will play on Saturday.
ST. PAUL - Jared Spurgeon will not play on Saturday in Columbus and Ryan Hartman is considered a game time decision. But the Wild will get back both Marcus Johansson and Joel Eriksson Ek.
Eriksson Ek, 27, missed the last two games with a broken nose that he had to have surgery on. He is back and ready to go for Saturday's game in Columbus. He will continue to wear a full bubble shield until his nose is fully healed.
Johansson, 34, missed the Wild's game in St. Louis with a lower-body injury but was a full participant in both Thursday and Friday's practices.
They will both be back and reunited with Matt Boldy on the second line.
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