ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Anaheim Ducks will get a crucial cog back in its lineup Friday when they play the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center.

Forward Matt Beleskey, who has missed the past 12 games because of a shoulder injury, will play for the first time since Feb. 15. Beleskey, third on the Ducks with 21 goals, will skate on Anaheim’s first line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.

"He brings an element of a physical game and a guy that can score," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "It's something we've missed from the left side. I'm not expecting it to happen overnight; he's been out a while.

"It also stabilizes our lines. We can get more into the line combinations that we want hopefully coming through the end of the month and through April."

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk will start his 200th NHL game when the Wild play the New Jersey Devils at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.

"You look at the start of the year and the situation I was in; it's a big milestone, but you don't know when that's going to come," Dubnyk said. "To get that opportunity to get there this year has been good."

Despite ranking 21st among NHL goalies in games played this season (43), Dubnyk is ninth in victories (27) and top-three in goals-against average (2.11, second) and save percentage (.927, third). His six shutouts, five of which have come since being acquired by the Wild on Jan. 14, are fourth-best.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild activated defenseman Jared Spurgeon from injured reserve ahead of their game against the Colorado Avalanche at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday.

Spurgeon has missed the past eight games with an upper-body injury, believed to be concussion-like symptoms.

The Wild have gone 7-1-0 without Spurgeon in the lineup, but his return will certainly help Minnesota, which enters the day one point ahead of the Winnipeg Jets for the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Wild trails the Chicago Blackhawks by four points for third place in the Central Division standings.

Spurgeon is second among Wild defensemen with seven goals this season and third with 18 points. He is a plus-1.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Each of the Minnesota Wild’s NHL Trade Deadline acquisitions will debut Tuesday when the Wild host the Ottawa Senators at Xcel Energy Center.

Minnesota traded Justin Falk and a fifth-round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for defenseman Jordan Leopold, then moved a second-round pick in 2017 to the Buffalo Sabres for forward Chris Stewart.

Leopold, a native of Golden Valley, Minn., was expected to be a depth defenseman down the stretch, but with injuries to Marco Scandella and Jared Spurgeon, will get a chance to play.

“He wants to come here, he wants to contribute, and he really wants to become part of this group. That’s what you want,” Wild coach Mike Yeo said. “You want people to come here and get invested into the group and really want to play for something bigger than just money or a new contract. For him, I know that absolutely 100 percent he’s playing something bigger.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Edmonton Oilers will get defenseman Jeff Petry back from injury but will be without forward Nail Yakupov against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.

Petry has missed the past two games after being hit in the ribs by a puck against the Boston Bruins last Wednesday.

"There's nothing broken, just bruised," Petry said. "It [hurt] to flex my core and to rotate, but it feels a lot better now. I'm back to normal."

Petry is second among Oilers defensemen with 15 points and will jump back into his normal spot in the lineup on the right side of Andrew Ference.

But not all the injury news from the Edmonton room was good Tuesday, as coach Todd Nelson said the Oilers will be without Yakupov, who tweaked his groin against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday and was unable to finish practice Monday before the team departed for the Twin Cities.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon will miss his second consecutive game with an upper-body injury when the Wild play the Dallas Stars at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday (8 p.m. EST, NBCSN).

Spurgeon was hit in the face with a puck during the first period in a game Wednesday against the Calgary Flames. He did not return to the game and did not play Friday against the Edmonton Oilers.

It is believed Spurgeon has concussion-like symptoms. Wild coach Mike Yeo said Spurgeon is feeling better but said he remains day-to-day.

“It’s a difficult player to replace in your lineup,” Yeo said. “We’re losing a valuable player and a guy that provides a lot to our group in many different roles. But when that happens, guys have to find a way to step up and certain players have to find a way to elevate their game and we’ve seen that.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In three months with the Arizona Coyotes, goaltender Devan Dubnyk saw action in 19 games. Dubnyk will celebrate his one month anniversary with the Minnesota Wild by starting his 13th consecutive game when the Wild play the Carolina Hurricanes at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

Dubnyk started 42 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2011-12 and 37 of 48 in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, but hasn’t seen this kind of consistent action since his junior hockey days.

"It has been a lot of games but I feel good physically," Dubnyk said. "I didn’t play as much the first half of the year, so maybe that gives me a little bit of an advantage to play this many games in a row now.

"A lot of nights, these guys work so hard in front of me that it makes it a little more realistic to be playing this many games in a row."

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Forward Brandon Pirri did not make the trip north with the Florida Panthers as they prepare to play the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. He will miss the second game of a back-to-back Friday against the Dallas Stars and could be out up to two weeks.

Pirri sustained an upper-body injury on the first shift Tuesday in a 6-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks. He stayed behind in Florida to get treatment for the injury, believed to be a shoulder ailment.

Florida coach Gerard Galant said defenseman Willie Mitchell is close to returning from an upper-body injury after missing the past three games. He too did not make the trip, but could return Sunday when the Panthers return home against the St. Louis Blues.

The Wild recalled forward Stephane Veilleux from Iowa of the American Hockey League Wednesday and he will skate on the fourth line. For Veilleux, this will mark his 500th NHL game.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Back from his conditioning assignment with Iowa of the American Hockey League, goaltender Darcy Kuemper was at the Minnesota Wild's morning skate Monday ahead of their game against the Vancouver Canucks.

How coach Mike Yeo manages three goaltenders the rest of the season will be an interesting storyline.

Though Devan Dubnyk will likely receive the vast majority of the starts for the foreseeable future, who will back him up is expected to be fluid.

Monday against Vancouver, it will be Niklas Backstrom. Minnesota is at the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday and it's possible Kuemper could get the start.

"My focus is on this game tonight," Yeo said. "How it plays out after that, it will be what it will be."

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie will not play against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

Barrie, who has a sore hip, did not play Thursday in a 3-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings and missed practice Friday. He did make the trip here, and though he didn't skate with teammates Saturday morning, he did on his own afterward.

Coach Patrick Roy said he would be surprised if Barrie played Sunday against the Winnipeg Jets, but did not rule it out.

"Still day-to-day. He won't play [Saturday] but we'll see about tomorrow," Roy said. "Tomorrow is another day and I'll know more [after his skate Saturday]. We'll see how he feels out there on the ice."