The Minnesota Wild had their hand forced when Marcus Johansson suffered a broken arm on Thursday in Game 3 against the Vegas Golden Knights. The most obvious solution was to input veteran winger Zach Parise in his place and leave it at that, but head coach Dean Evason took the extra step to jostle the lineup a bit more.
Nick Bjugstad is being bag-skated and Kyle Rau isn't working with the taxi squad guys, so looks like Rau is in for Bjugstad #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) May 22, 2021
Parise has been confirmed in the lineup, and as Michael Russo points out, it appears that Nick Bjugstad is being scratched for depth forward Kyle Rau.