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.

Kirill Kaprizov hasn’t played in an NHL game for close to a month – but that might change in the near future. The Minnesota Wild star has been the team’s most important player in 2024-25 ...

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.

Minnesota placed star forward Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve ... s loss to Edmonton when he was elbowed by Oilers star Connor McDavid. Charges: Man grabbed hold of a St. Paul officer ...

Minnesota placed star forward Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve ... s loss to Edmonton when he was elbowed by Oilers star Connor McDavid.

In Game 6 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Final, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and captain Paul Kariya received a soul-crushing hit from New Jersey Devils captain Scott Stevens. Despite the crowd wondering if he’d ever play hockey again, Kariya returned before the end of the period — and scored to make it 4-1 in his team’s favor.

The Winnipeg Jets will play the first of two road games tonight as they play in Utah for the first time. The Jets and Utah HC have met just one time this season, with the Jets coming out on top 3-0. Nino Niederreiter scored twice that night, improving the Jets' record to 11-1-0.

The Utah Hockey Club (19-19-7) recorded a crucial 4-2 win against the St. Louis Blues at Delta Center on Saturday to remain in the thick of the Western Conference wild card race, but the week ahead provides no relief.

Which is nice. That established, here are 20 NHL awards and superlatives for the midpoint of the season: This could have been the Capitals, who led the NHL standings after 44 games and weathered their best goal scorer, Kyle Connor, missing 16 games.

We're barely two weeks into the New Year. But some things are already becoming routine. The Washington Capitals are pretty good at hockey, and they

At the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, Sportsnet's Sonny Sachdeva highlights the most intriguing stats from the first half of the campaign.