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The Minnesota Wild are playing shorthanded on Monday night.

They're taking on the Dallas Stars, already leading 1-0 in the series.

They picked up a dominant 6-1 win to open the postseason over the weekend. To double down, they'll do it without a veteran presence.

Mats Zuccarello didn't get good news before the game.

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The Wild ruled him out shortly before puck drop with an upper-body injury.

The upper-body injury Zuccarello has hasn't been specified further.

However, there is video of this moment from Game 1:

Tyler Myers caught Mats Zuccarello with the elbow and sits for 2 minutes 😳 pic.twitter.com/dBeA60O8Mp

Interestingly, Zuccarello took part in morning skate on Monday.

Apparently, he just wasn't quite ready to suit up for the game.

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