Minnesota Wild News

The Maple Leafs will rest a couple of players on Thursday, Nick Foligno being one of them. Pierre Engvall will re-enter the lineup to replace Foligno.

Bogosian was knocked out of Tuesday's game in Vancouver and is expected to miss at least one week. With Bogosian out, Rasmus Sandin will remain in the lineup and Travis Dermott will draw back in.

Foligno was acquired from the Blue Jackets at the trade deadline and will suit up Thursday in Winnipeg. Foligno is not the same offensive presence he was in 2015 but could pack a bit of a punch on Thursday, as he debuts on the top line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner.

Foligno has been out since March 12th but will return to the lineup on Monday, when he is expected to be reunited with Joel Eriksson Ek and Jordan Greenway. In the first 25 games of the season when Foligno was available, the Wild were 16-8-1 but were 8-5-2 without him over the last month.

Foligno, who was the Blue Jackets' captain, is known for being a great leader who plays a very reliable two-way game. At age-33, Foligno doesn't offer much in the way of offence anymore but will stabilize the Maple Leafs' middle-6 and can move up the lineup in a pinch. He has seven goals and nine assists (16 points) in 42 games this season. The Blue Jackets are retaining 50 percent of his contract and the Sharks are retaining 25 percent in exchange for a 2021 fourth-round pick.

The Blue Jackets continue to get hit hard by injuries and on Saturday they'll be without their captain. Foligno's name has been swirling on the trade market, so perhaps this is more "asset management" than "upper-body injury."

Zuccarello has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but will play tonight vs. the Avalanche. With Zuccarello back, look for Kyle Rau to take a seat.