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.

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.

Kaprizov has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury that has required lots of treatments and pushed-back timetables.

Connor McDavid isn’t expected to face any supplemental discipline from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety after elbowing Minnesota Wild winger Marcus Johansson, Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported Thursday.

When Leon Draisaitl won his first Hart Trophy in 2019-20, he made his case during a stretch when teammate Connor McDavid was out with an injury. The Oilers had missed the playoffs in back-to-back years in 2017-18 and 2018-19 and found themselves back in the mix in 2019-20 after a hot start to the season.

The Wild announced Thursday that they have placed Johansson on injured reserve and will miss at least a week. The team also placed star Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve, retroactive to Dec.

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

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Wednesday for their seventh win in eight games.

(AP) Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals ... key players out in leading-scorer Kirill Kaprizov and defensemen Jared Spurgeon ...

That's Wild The Minnesota Wild did not just lose the game on Wednesday night to the Edmonton Oilers, but they potentially lost winger Marcus Johansson for the foreseeable future. During play, Johansson was attempting to play the puck and a passing Connor McDavid -- you know,

The infraction did not result in a penalty during the game, nor any response from NHL Player Safety afterward.

Star Centre Connor McDavid slapped two goals through the net for the Oilers and hurt a Wild team that was still without left winger Kirill Kaprizov. Minnesota had goals from Matt Boldy, Ryan Hartman and Marco Rossi, but could not overcome the Oilers offense.