Fabian Lysell is expected to make his long-awaited National Hockey League debut on Saturday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Lysell, the Bruins’ first-round draft pick in in 2021 (21st overall) whom the B’s called up on Saturday afternoon, has been coming on as of late in Providence after a slow start. The highly skilled wing was a candidate to make the roster in training camp but he had an ineffective first preseason game and, though he played better in subsequent exhibition games, he couldn’t do enough to win a job.

On Friday night, the 21-year-old Lysell had a goal and two assists in the P-Bruins’ 4-1 win over Bridgeport. He’s got 5-12-17 totals in 26 games this year. Along with Matt Poitras, Lysell is one of the organization’s most high-skilled prospects. How it translates to the NHL remains to be seen.

This is the 5-foot-11, 188-pound Swede’s third pro season in North America. Last season he was trending toward a late season call-up when suffered a shoulder injury that effectively ended his season. He had 15-35-50 totals in 56 games last season.