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.

A depleted Wild roster could soon receive the ultimate shot in the arm — but maybe not as soon as possible.

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 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.

Zach Werenski found the score sheet yet again at Nationwide Arena to extend his home point streak to 17 games and joined a list of just seven other defensemen in NHL history to achieve the feat. * Lan

After a busy seven days in the National Hockey League, the movement in ClutchPoints' NHL Power Rankings is significant in Week 16.

Connor Hellebuyck will surely start getting ... Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers, RW3 13. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild, LW1 14. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, LW2 15. Jake Guentzel, Tampa ...