Minnesota continues to slide in the standings after Saturday's extremely disappointing 5-2 loss to New Jersey.

Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes said he is "cautiously optimistic" that star forward Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon will return to the lineup against the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Utah Hockey Club will take their home ice ... we didn't capitalize," Minnesota coach John Hynes said. "We capitalized late, but we had other opportunities to be able to do it.

Special teams are incredibly important in crunch-time games, and the Minnesota Wild's power play had been struggling to cash ...

For a team with the expectation of making the playoffs, where you face the same opponent between four and seven games in a row, it could be good prep for next month.

Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes bumped into Jesper Bratt and his fiancée in his hotel in Boston during the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off in late February. Jan 8, 2019; Buffalo, NY, USA ...