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Emergency fill-in

Wearing baby blue pads, Zach Sikich, 32, a local goalie coach in Apple Valley who played for Eveleth High School, backed up Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller during warmups and the start of the first period. Sikich was called in when the slated starter, Viktor Fasth, sustained an upper-body injury at the morning skate. Jeff Deslauriers replaced Sikich 2:27 into the game.

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• The Wild traded Aeros forward Matt Kassian, who played 26 NHL games over parts of two seasons, to the Ottawa Senators for a 2014 sixth-round draft pick.

• Bouchard was scratched for a third consecutive game. Defenseman Tom Gilbert, who missed Sunday’s game because he was ill, returned. Nate Prosser was scratched.

• Notre Dame’s Mario Lucia, a 2011 second-round pick by the Wild, was named to the CCHA all-rookie team. The Wayzata native scored 12 goals and 21 points in his freshman season.