And the clearest signal that Kaprizov and Spurgeon would be back is that the Wild reassigned defenseman David Jiricek two hours after practice. If you did the salary cap math, it really was the only option to get below the cap ceiling once Kaprizov is activated from LTIR.

The Wild feel they are doing the right thing by sending David Jiricek down to Iowa. ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) have made a few roster moves ahead of its game tonight against the Utah Hockey Club (20-19-7). The Wild activated forward Kirill Kaprizov off Long-Term Injured Reserve and defenseman Jared Spurgeon off Injured Reserve.

Kirill Kaprizov is back in action. After missing the past 12 games with a lower-body injury that popped up after the holiday break, Kaprizov was set to make his highly anticipated return on ...

The Minnesota Wild placed their top-scoring contributor on LTIR on Friday in Kirill Kaprizov because of an aggravated lower-body injury. Minnesota has been one of the NHL's biggest surprises in ...

The Minnesota Wild (30-17-4) are back in action tonight following its 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. The Wild play the Montreal Canadiens (24-21-5) tonight for a 6:00 p.m. Central Time start.

It’s ultra-tight in the standings in the East and that’s why the Canadiens must continue to win their games. The trade involving Martin Necas and Mikko Rantanen caused quite a stir over the weekend. Yesterday, Necas showed that he can help his new team ...

The Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild were meeting in tumultuous times. Both teams had lost their previous two games, with Minnesota losing 5-4 to the Calgary Flames the night before.

Bogosian logged an assist and two PIM in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks. Bogosian ended a five-game point drought with the helper. He has five points over 12 outings in January, but his role ...

“The Russian Bobby Orr. That was awesome.” All Zach Werenski does at Nationwide Arena is rack up points. Against the Kings, his 16th goal and 54th point of the season opened the scoring 9:24 ...

If you're a follower of the Columbus Blue Jackets, you've probably seen all the social media content that the Jackets put out that has Kirill Marchenko ... the challenging Zach Werenski in assists ...

Joseph Woll will start for the Maple Leafs. The Wild are on the front end of a back-to-back tonight. They play the Montreal Canad

The Minnesota Wild last played away on January 26 against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Wild won by a score of 4-2 in regulation, and their current league record is 29-17-4 for a 0.620 Points %. Tied with the Leafs in Points %, the Wild are third in the central with a goal differential even more slight than the Leafs at +3.