The forward was a healthy scratch for the first time in his nine seasons with the Wild when a 5-1 loss at the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday ended a seven-game point streak (6-0-1).
"For sure Zach is going to be back in there tomorrow night," Evason said. "It's a situation where, again, we go through our lineup each day obviously after every game, before every game and have discussions on lineup changes and different things. We made that decision and obviously the thought process was, and a lot of times it is, to give a player a little tweak and hopefully he comes back hungry and ready to go. We certainly expect Zach to be that person."
Evason underscored his thoughts on the matter after the Wild's morning skate Friday.
"Zach and I had a great meeting today," Evason said. "We're going forward. You know, I can't remember what happened yesterday and and neither can Zach, so we're going forward."
Parise was scratched because he didn't come off the ice for a shift change late in the third period in Vegas on Monday. The Golden Knights scored the tying goal with 42 seconds left in the third period, ending Parise's shift at 1:33, and won 5-4 in overtime.
Parise said he was trying to help forward Marcus Foligno get his first NHL hat trick.
"It was disappointing. And I don't agree with the decision," Parise said before the game. "I'm not sure I'm going to look back on it and say it was a wake-up call, but maybe I can use the rest to my advantage and be ready when we come back."
Evason told co-hosts Dan Rosen and Shawn P. Roarke that he needed to treat Parise as he would anyone else regardless of his standing within the organization.
"I was asked that before, 'Is it harder to sit a guy of Zach Parise's stature as opposed to anybody else,' and it's not," Evason said. "As coaches you try to treat everybody the same and if you don't make certain people accountable and you do make other people accountable
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NHL.com Independent Correspondent Alan Robinson contributed to this report
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