Tage Thompson will return from a lower-body injury when the Sabres host the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, MSG-B). The center missed five games after he was injured Nov. 11 against the Montreal Canadiens. He played one shift in the second period before leaving the game.

Tage Thompson will return Wednesday against the visiting Minnesota Wild after missing the past five games with a lower-body injury, the team said. Thompson told reporters on Tuesday he was held out of the last two games of the Sabres' California road trip for precautionary reasons.