NEW YORK – Despite his average size and his unrelenting willingness to play a net-front game for the Minnesota Wild, center Marco Rossi had not missed a game due to injury for two full seasons entering the 2025-26 campaign.

That iron man streak came to a halt after Rossi blocked a shot in the first period of the Wild’s 2-1 overtime loss in Philadelphia on Saturday. He was not on the ice for the team’s morning skate at Madison Square Garden on Monday, and coach John Hynes confirmed that Rossi was out with a lower body injury.

“He’s a tough kid. Hopefully it should just be day to day,” Hynes said. “I just think the quick turnarounds and things like that are difficult for him. But I know when a guy like him says, ‘I can’t play,’ then you know there’s something really bothering him.”

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