Justin Fontaine is expected to be placed on injured reserve Saturday after the Wild's third-line winger suffered a lower-body injury that coach Mike Yeo said will likely sideline Fontaine on a "week-to-week" basis.
Fontaine was hurt in the second period of the Wild's 5-4 win Friday night when Blackhawks forward Andrew Desjardins collided with Fontaine on a play in which Desjardins' knee hit Fontaine's knee. Desjardins was assessed a two-minute penalty, and the Wild scored on the ensuing power play.
"You don't like a knee-on-knee hit," Yeo said. "I know it's a tough one for the refs and I kind of understood what they were saying, but I certainly felt it warranted a five-minute major.