Injury to insult.
Not only did the Minnesota Wild lose their first home game Tuesday to the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but star forward Zach Parise suffered an upper-body injury severe enough that he will not be travelling with the team on its upcoming road trip.
Parise did not play in the third period of Tuesday’s 4-1 loss. He may have been hurt by Penguins defenceman Robert Bortuzzo’s hit from behind and/or a cross-check by Blake Comeau.
This is good news for the Wild’s Eastern Conference opponents this week: the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens and Parise’s former team, the New Jersey Devils.
The 30-year-old winger has four goals and six assists through 10 games.
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