Wild's Jordan Greenway expected to miss at least two games with upper-body injury

The Minnesota Wild defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 on Tuesday but endured a frustrating setback during that victory. 

Per Jessi Pierce of the NHL's website, Minnesota coach Dean Evason told reporters that forward Jordan Greenway is expected to miss at least the next two road games due to an unspecified upper-body injury he suffered in the first period of Tuesday's encounter. 

The Wild play at the Dallas Stars on Thursday and are then at the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. Minnesota returns home to host the San Jose Sharks on Easter Sunday, and Greenway's status for that matchup is understandably up in the air. 

"Obviously it's quick turnaround flying out tomorrow," Evason said of Greenway. "He'll likely stay home and get treatments and will heal and rest him right up. Anytime you don't finish a game, you're not going to get on a plane and then go. Maybe he could but, there's no rush to get him in there. We want to make sure that he's healed right up. So we'll make sure of that."

Per ESPN stats, Greenway has tallied eight goals and 15 assists across 59 games this season. 

Minnesota, meanwhile, is battling with St. Louis for second place in the Central Division standings. Both the Wild and Blues have tallied 96 points and, thus, hold seven-point leads over the fourth-place Nashville Predators.