The Minnesota Wild hosted the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, in their third meeting of the season. After being injured, they welcomed Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon back to the lineup,

Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.

Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for Minnesota ... Without some key players, including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota played a solid road game ...

Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves ... including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota played ...

Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves as the Minnesota Wild edged Toronto 3-1 on Wednesday, sending the Maple Leafs to a third straight regulation loss.

While still holding the best road record in the NHL, Minnesota fell to below .500 at home (11-12-1) with the loss.

Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames used their power play to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4. Kuzmenko and Rasmus Andersson each had a power-play goal, and Martin Pospisil and Clark Bishop also scored for Calgary.

Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves as the Minnesota Wild edged Toronto 3-1 on Wednesday, sending the Maple Leafs to a third straight regulation loss.

Clark Bishop made it a three-goal game 11 minutes, 53 seconds into the third period. Then the Wild (28-17-4) tried to make a push. Freddy Gaudreau scored a power-play goal 2 minutes, 22 seconds later to cut it back to two. While Kuzmenko scored his second of the night just 14 seconds later for the apparent dagger, it wasn't quite over.

On Saturday, the Wild closed out Hockey Day Minnesota 2025 on a disappointing note, with some penalty-kill struggles and defensive shortcomings that eventually led to a 5-4 win by the Calgary Flames. Trailing by three late, the Wild got a pair of goals in the final 77 seconds, but their rally fell just short.

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It’s easy to point to a host of injuries to explain why the Minnesota Wild have slid in the standings in recent weeks. It’s also a premise rejected by Bill Guerin, general manager of the Wild.