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.
The Minnesota Wild will aim to end a two-game losing streak and potentially regain some key players when they visit the Nashville Predators in a Central Division clash on Saturday.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild are set to go on the road to face the Nashville Predators. They made a few roster moves before leaving Minnesota. Kirill Kaprizov has missed the last ten games with a lower-body injury. The Wild are 6-4-0 without him.
Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes provided injury updates Friday, Brock Faber will travel with the team this weekend, Kirill Kaprizov will not.
The Minnesota Wild will have two pivotal players in the lineup Thursday for the first time since late December.Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon will play against the Utah Hockey Club, sources told The Athletic's Michael Russo.
Following multiple weeks of absence due to injury, the Wild announced that star forward Kirill ... by Nashville Predators forward Zachary L'Hereux, which resulted in his suspension. Kaprizov ...
The Minnesota Wild placed Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve (LTIR) on Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 23 when he suffered his injury. The move, while removing the Russian forward from the Wild lineup, will also help the team navigate a cap crunch and address its injury-plagued lineup thanks to the cap relief LTIR provides.
Kirill Kaprizov will return to the lineup for the Minnesota Wild against the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+). The forward has missed the past 12 games because of a lower-body injury that was considered day to day.
Nashville (15-22-7, 37 points) beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Thursday, clinching the win with a 3-for-3 shootout performance from Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly, and Steven Stamkos. It was the Predators' first appearance in a shootout this season.
Filip Forsberg and Kirill Kaprizov will be two of the top players to watch when the Nashville Predators meet the Minnesota Wild at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, January 18 at 8:00 PM ET. Buy tickets for this game at StubHub!
The Wild brought a 14-3-1 record on Hockey Day Minnesota into Saturday’s game versus Calgary. Hockey Day Minnesota will stay in the Twin Cities’ outer ring suburbs a year from now, with the outdoor rink at the United Heroes League complex in Hastings hosting dozens of outdoor games over the course of a few days in January.