The Minnesota Wild have been without Kirill Kaprizov for roughly a month and it doesn't appear his return will be soon.

Starting without the puck almost every opposing power play has been a killer. Joel Eriksson Ek has won 36.1 percent of his draws on the kill, while Marat Khusnutdinov has won 34.4. Freddy Gaudreau has been adequate at least, winning 47.1 percent of his draws (28th in the NHL, minimum 55 draws).

Frederick Gaudreau scored the game's only goal and Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 shots as the Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Sunday.

That's Wild Before their grinding 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins, the Minnesota Wild were not having a fun time. Without Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek, it felt like the dynamism and heartbeat of the team was missing.

The Swedes were back from 4 Nations for practice on Friday, but U.S. players Brock Faber and Matt Boldy won’t join the team until before puck drop tomorrow in Detroit.

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Kirill Kaprizov will be out longer than anticipated for the Minnesota Wild because of a lower-body injury, general manager Bill Guerin said Friday. The forward had surgery in late January because ...

Heading into the March 7 NHL trade deadline, The Athletic's Michael Russo and Joe Smith will have updates on all of the Wild rumblings.

The injury-thinned Minnesota Wild could use a boost in their push to return to the playoffs, with their margin for making it slimmed down following a strong start. With the NHL trade deadline approaching this Friday, the Wild more than likely will have to find that spark from within.

Add in Kirill Kaprizov’s ongoing recovery from surgery on his lower-body injury, and the Wild are now without their do-it-all specialist in addition to their leading scorer.