Forward Marcus Foligno is sidelined with an upper-body injury, undergoing X-rays. His absence impacts the Wild's lineup for tonight's game against the Sharks.
ST. PAUL, Minn - The Minnesota Wild (3-5-1) host the San Jose Sharks (1-5-2) tonight for game two of this six game home stand.
Head coach John Hynes said before the game that forward Marcus Foligno will be out of the lineup tonight with an upper-body injury.
Foligno, 34, has played in nine games this season and has zero points. He is a minus-7 as well and is coming off a game against the Utah Mammoth where he recorded nine hits in 14:03 of ice time.
The 6-foot-3 forward has 29 hits on the year and will miss tonights game. Hynes said Foligno got an X-ray last night but he does not know how it went.
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