Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen will sit out Tuesday's game against the Winnipeg Jets due to illness.
Cullen has eight goals and nine assists for the Wild, which has a league-leading 43 points.
Minnesota will get defenseman Guillaume Latendresse back in the lineup. He has been sidelined since Nov. 10 with a concussion.
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