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The Wild return to the ice for the first time in 14 days when the team plays the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on Tuesday night.
After a chaotic two weeks, the Wild will be a little shorthanded in Tuesday's game, with five players still on the
COVID-19 protocol list
: Forward Victor Rask, Defensemen Jonas Brodin, Brad Hunt and Carson Soucy, and Goaltender Cam Talbot. Defenseman Jared Spurgeon is also still recovering from an upper-body injury.
Eight players have been removed off the list and added to the active roster, including three new players, Nick Bonino, Ian Cole and Nico Sturm, on Monday.
Additionally, the Wild activated forward Matt Zuccarello and defenseman Matt Dumba from Injured Reserve on Monday afternoon.
It will be the season debut for Zuccarello, who had arm surgery in the offseason. Last season, the forward recorded 15 goals and 22 assists in 65 games. His 37 points was the fifth most on the team.
Dumba, who suffered a lower-body injury on Jan. 30 vs. Colorado, will return as well after missing two games. Dumba leads Wild defenseman with three goals on the season, doing so in nine games.
His return to the lineup is key for the Wild, as there will be some new faces on the blue line on Tuesday.
20-year-old Calen Addison will likely make his NHL Debut. Addison was traded to the Wild from the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Jason Zucker deal last February.
"This is really a lifelong dream come true," he said. "I've waited almost 21 years for this. Any hockey player growing up always wants to play in the NHL. That's their lifelong goal. Just for that to come true and for that to be happening tomorrow is something special. I'm just thankful that they believe in me enough to put me in the lineup here and give me that chance."
In 3 games in the AHL this season, Addison has tallied three assists.
"I talked him today about simplifying his game, he doesn't have to do too much," Head Coach Dean Evason said. "He doesn't have to be Jared Spurgeon out there. He has to be Calen Addison. That's what we're going to ask him to do. We expect him to compete his butt off, like we expect all of our guys to."
