Kevin Fiala will play Friday when the Wild takes on the Ducks at Xcel Energy Center in its second-to-last home game of the regular season.
Fiala sat out Wednesday with a lower-body injury that isn't serious.
"We're not just resting him," coach Dean Evason said. "There's an injury, but we're being likely a little more cautious."
Zach Parise is a healthy scratch.
Kaapo Kahkonen will be in net, his first appearance in nearly a week. Kahkonen has won three in a row after dropping three straight starts, including the 9-1 loss at St. Louis on April 9.
"We didn't think he had a tough stretch," Evason said. "I guess the 9-1 hockey game maybe, but he played extremely well off of that. The whole team had a bad game, so he's conducted himself extremely well all year. We have great confidence in him."
Despite picking up three out of four points earlier this week against the division-leading Golden Knights, the Wild is still third in the West. But there's still time to climb; the Wild is only a point behind the No. 2 Avalanche, but Colorado does have a game at-hand. The Avalanche is also in action Friday, facing the Kings.
The first two seeds in the West Division will have home-ice advantage for the first-round of the playoffs.
