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.

The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin ... who has an upper-body injury from an elbow he took from Blues forward Jake Neighbours at the end of his first shift.

Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist in his first game back from an upper-body injury, and the Minnesota Wild came back to defeat the St. Louis Blues 6-4 at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. Middleton was injured blocking a shot 37 seconds into the first period of a 7-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Dec.

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

Johansson, 34, has now been played on the Injured Reserve with a concussion. Liam Ohgren was recalled from the Iowa Wild and will take Johansson's spot on the second line. Let us know what you think by commenting below or on the Forum.

(AP) — The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber ... who has an upper-body injury from an elbow he took from Blues forward Jake Neighbours at the end of his first shift. The Wild already were missing captain Jared Spurgeon ...

(AP) — The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin ... who has an upper-body injury from an elbow he took from Blues forward Jake Neighbours at the end of his first shift.

Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Logan Cooley, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli and Clayton Keller also scored to help Utah win its second consecutive home game.

Neighbours scored a goal on two shots in Monday's 5-4 shootout win over the Golden Knights. Neighbours has scored in back-to-back games and has three goals and four assists over his last 11 outings. The 22-year-old winger continues to log top-six minutes and power-play time,

It has been two months since we did a Wild mailbag and several months since we did an ‘Ask Russo and Smith’ mailbag, but with Joe back on the clock, there’s no better time to answer many of your questions.

BOSTON (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored a pair of third-period goals, stealing the spotlight from fellow Boston University product Macklin Celebrini in his first game back at the TD Garden as an NHLer and leading the Bruins to a victory over San Jose. It was Boston’s 14th straight victory over the Sharks.

Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn scored during a shootout after St. Louis gave up two goals in the final minutes of regulation, and the Blues held on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Monday.