The Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche for their first season meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 9. The Wild were still without Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon, and Jakub Lauko.

The Wild are bringing Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon back from injuries as the NHL season reaches the home stretch.

Wild: Without some key players, including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer ... They improved to an NHL-best 17-5-3 on the road. Avalanche: Colorado continued to struggle on the power ...

Now, fans await the return of superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov, who has been out of the lineup since December 23, and captain defenseman Jared Spurgeon, who has been out since he was injured on ...

January 20 - Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored goals 1:35 apart early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche ... and captain Jared Spurgeon, snapped a three ...

Takeaways Wild: Without some key players, including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer ... to an NHL-best 17-5-3 on the road. Avalanche: Colorado continued to struggle on the power play.

After losing three in a row and four of their last five games, the Wild will look to turn things around on Monday afternoon against the host Colorado Avalanche in ... injury and defensemen Jonas ...

Wild: Without some key players, including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov ... They improved to an NHL-best 17-5-3 on the road. Avalanche: Colorado continued to struggle on ...

The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) walked away with an impressive road win over the Colorado Avalanche ... He is playing very well right now without Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin in the lineup.

Following multiple weeks of absence due to injury, the Wild announced that star forward Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon ... the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche in the Central ...