The Wild are getting a pair of familiar veterans back in the lineup tonight against Tampa Bay, with both Marcus Foligno and Nick Foligno activated off injured reserve, according to the NHL’s media site.
To make the roster fit, Minnesota sent forward Mason Shaw back to AHL Iowa, the team announced.
Marcus Foligno has been out for just under a month with a lower-body injury. Before getting hurt, the 35-year-old had a quiet start offensively, going scoreless in his first four games while piling up 13 hits.
He’s coming off the least productive scoring season of his career, finishing with eight goals and five assists in 53 games, but his value goes well beyond the box score. Minnesota will be leaning on that edge again, especially with Michael McCarron’s status uncertain after he left last night’s game early because of an injury.
Nick Foligno is back after missing more than four weeks with an upper-body issue. The 39-year-old is in his first full season with Minnesota after arriving at the trade deadline and then re-signing this summer.
Before the injury, he had scored once in three games while averaging a little under 10 minutes of ice time per night. He’s more of a depth piece at this point, but he gives head coach John Hynes another option on the fourth line.
Shaw has been bouncing between Minnesota and Iowa as injury insurance, and this latest move keeps that pattern going. The 28-year-old has been recalled three times in the last two weeks, but he still hasn’t appeared in a game for the Wild in 2025-26.
His last NHL action came in the 2023-24 season. In the meantime, he’s been producing at Iowa, where he has four goals and six assists in 11 games this season.
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