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 2024-24, sitting in second place of the Central Division with 58 points.

The move was necessary to make the call-ups needed to have a full roster. It's retroactive, so Kaprizov can return whenever he's ready.

Kirill Kaprizov (lower body) was placed on the Long-Term Injury Reserve (LTIR), Marcus Johansson (concussion) was placed on the Injured Reserve, Ben Jones was sent to Iowa, Jakub Lauko (lower body) was activated off LTIR and Brendan Gaunce, Liam Ohgren, and Devin Shore were recalled.

The Wild have battled some injuries all season and are currently without Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin, Jakub Lauko, Brock Faber, and Kirill Kaprizov. Minnesota held a practice back home in St ...

The timing of the offensive struggles was difficult because Hartman had been elevated to a bigger role with both Kirill Kaprizov sidelined and, for a time, Joel Eriksson Ek. The Wild needed more ...

Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov is eligible to sign a contract extension after July 1st as he has one year remaining on his contract. Samsonov thinks things will play out organically.

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Kaprizov has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury that has required lots of treatments and pushed-back timetables.

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A depleted Wild roster could soon receive the ultimate shot in the arm — but maybe not as soon as possible. Minnesota placed star forward Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Dec.