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Spurgeon was on crutches after Minnesota's win over Nashville on New Year's Eve.

Kaprizov is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

The Wild have lost five of seven but are only three points behind division-leading Winnipeg.

Faber was struck by a puck with just 30 seconds left in a blowout loss to Florida.

A tough start to a five-game homestand for the Wild.

Minnesota has now lost in regulation just twice on the road this season.

The Wild general manager did say that he doesn't think Eriksson Ek will be out for an extended period.

At 17-4-4, the Wild lead the NHL with 38 points.

"It's freaking cold."

The Wild add a former high draft pick to play on the blue line.

"There seems to be lots of thought at the Minnesota Wild are one of the frontrunners for Jiricek at this point."

Only a year ago this week, the Wild hired Hynes to replace the forsaken Dean Evason.

Zuccarello was struck by a Brock Faber slap shot on Nov. 14.

Only one skater has more points this season than Minnesota's star winger.

The Stars have beaten the Wild in seven consecutive games.

The Wild have the third-most points (25) in the NHL.

Kaprizov leads the NHL in points per game this season.

Rossi, Kaprizov and Zuccarello score as the Wild improve to 3-0-2 on the season.

The blown call happened right after Joel Eriksson Ek was knocked out the game by an unpenalized elbow.

Seattle even trailed in the shootout before rallying for the road win.

Eriksson Ek took a big elbow from Seattle's Adam Larsson.

Evason's first season with the Blue Jackets comes amid unspeakable tragedy following the death of star forward Johnny Gaudreau.

Kaprizov is under contract with the Wild for two more seasons.

Boldy scored 29 goals last season. He's in the second year of a seven-year, $49 million contract.