The Minnesota Wild survived without Kirill Kaprizov the first time, and they can do it again. That’s the message they sent Wednesday, when they upended the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 at Scotiabank Arena to kick off Kaprizov’s second hiatus with their most convincing victory in weeks.

Rest during the holiday break wasn’t enough for Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov to return from a lower-body injury. Missing 12 games over five weeks didn’t sufficiently enable the injury to heal after a three-game return.

Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night.Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.

The Minnesota Wild play against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 6:00 p.m. Minnesota will be without the services of star left winger Kirill Kaprizov. Kaprizov is dealing with a lower body injury that has required surgery,

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The Wild have struggled since the injuries to these two occurred, winning just four of the 10 games since Brodin was injured, allowing 31.3 shots per game, and ranking 30th in GAA while allowing four or more goals in seven of the 10 outings.

The captain of the Chicago Blackhawks Nick Foligno hilariously taunted the Minnesota Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov and was punished by the referees last night. Is the NHL finally protecting their ...

Facing another month-plus without their star forward, the Wild set the blueprint for how to win without Kaprizov.

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 ...

Maple Leafs forward William Nylander helped secure a 4-3 overtime win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. Nylander’s sister, Ella, was in attendance at the Scotiabank Arena on the night.

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) have been without their superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov since December 27th. He is set to return tonight against the Utah Hockey Club (20-19-7).

William Nylander’s third-period goal failed to spark a comeback as Toronto fell 3-1 to the Minnesota Wild at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. The Leafs have scored one goal in each of their last three games in losing three in a row for the third time this season.