Wild at Jets preview

WILD (1-1-2) at JETS (3-3-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-N+, NHL.TV

Foligno missed one game because with a facial fracture sustained during a 5-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 12. He will wear a cage for the next two weeks.
Jets forward Brendan Lemieux, 21, will make his NHL debut. Lemieux had been acquired from the Buffalo Sabres as part of the Evander Kane trade on Feb. 11, 2015. He had five points (three goals, two assists) in four games with Manitoba of the American Hockey League. He is the son of four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux.

Players to watch

Wild forward Chris Stewart has six points (four goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak.
Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"We're a deep team so I think that helps. You got guys who get called up who are great players too, and they're excited to get into the lineup. I think that's a huge part of tonight's game, those guys contributing and playing a smart game." -- Wild forward Marcus Foligno
"Keep it simple. Play my game. Bring what I bring. That will probably be the easiest part of playing. Just doing what I do because I don't know any other way." -- Jets forward Brendan Lemieux, who will make his NHL debut

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Chris Stewart
Marcus Foligno -- Eric Staal -- Tyler Ennis
Landon Ferraro -- Matt Cullen -- Luke Kunin
Zack Mitchell -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Daniel Winnik
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Kyle Quincey - Mike Reilly
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched: Gustav Olofsson](https://www.nhl.com/player/gustav-olofsson-8477467?season=20172018)
Injured: Zach Parise (undisclosed), Nino Niederreiter (ankle), Charlie Coyle (fibula fracture), Mikael Granlund (groin)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Brandon Tanev -- Andrew Copp -- Joel Armia
Brendan Lemieux -- Shawn Matthias -- Nic Petan
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Toby Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Chiarot -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Steve Mason
Scratched:Tucker Poolman, Marko Dano
Injured:Matt Hendricks (lower body), Adam Lowry (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body)

Status report

Parise had a setback in his recovery from an undisclosed injury at practice Monday and will not play Friday or at the Calgary Flames on Saturday. … Kulikov and Hendricks wore non-contact jerseys during the morning skate and are getting close to a return, Jets coach Paul Maurice said.

Stat pack

Zucker has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past three games. … Wheeler has six assists in his past five games.