The Minnesota Wild are potentially playing their last game of the season and a rookie defenseman is making his NHL postseason debut.
In place of Carson Soucy — who is a little banged up after four brutal games on the bottom pairing — Calen Addison will be coming in to get some action. The offensively-gifted blueliner can provide a different dynamic than Soucy, even if he’s not going to be on any of the two powerplay units tonight.
#mnwild lines
Greenway-Eriksson Ek-Foligno
Kaprizov-Rask-Zuccarello*
Parise-Hartman-Fiala*
Bonino-Sturm-Bjugstad*
Suter-Spurgeon
Brodin-Dumba
Cole-Addison— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) May 24, 2021During his three games this season, Addison played just over 45 minutes at 5-on-5, during that time he earned an on-ice 54.