It appears the Minnesota Wild will have to do without the services of Zach Parise for a few games.

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Parise will miss at least the Wild's next two home games against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

Parise left Thursday's game against the Nashville Predators after suffering an apparent knee injury from a hit from James Neal.

"I'm not getting into the timeframe here," said Wild head coach Mike Yeo. "I don't think it's going to be multiple weeks, I don't think it's going to be months. And I'm not a doctor. So we'll say he's out the next couple games. We've got a big game tomorrow against Tampa Bay, and that's our focus."