Jets' Myers says he'll play Game 5 vs. Wild

The Winnipeg Jets will welcome the return of one of their big anchors on the back end.

Tyler Myers, who missed Game 4 with a lower-body injury, told reporters that he will indeed suit up for Game 5 against the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.

"I stepped out there today, I feel pretty good, so I'll be out there tonight," he told TSN's Frank Seravalli.

Contrary to what was originally suspected, Myers' injury did not occur when Wild forward Marcus Foligno punched him in the back of the leg in Game 3, he told Seravalli.

Foligno, Myers' former teammate on the Buffalo Sabres, apparently reached out to apologize.

"It's all good," Myers said, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

With Josh Morrissey suspended for Game 5, head coach Paul Maurice told LeBrun that he'll keep Tucker Poolman in the lineup rather than inserting AHL defenseman of the year Sami Niku. That gives the Jets four right-handed blue-liners for Friday's matchup.

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