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After recovering from stomach flu, Fleury was the best Wild player on the ice — by far — in lifting the Wild to a 3-1 win over the Sharks.
Jordan Kyrou, Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas scored early in the second period for a 4-2 lead for St. Louis that prompted the Wild to pull goalie Filip Gustavsson, who'd allowed a total of three goals over two earlier wins against the Blues this season.
Kaprizov has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury that has required lots of treatments and pushed-back timetables.
"It's fun to be playing those situations when it's on the line," Jonas Brodin said. "That's what you dream about when you're a kid."
Matt Boldy’s tiebreaking goal early in the third period for the Minnesota Wild completed their comeback from a two-score deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 6-4 for their fourth straight victory
Pavel Dorofeyev had two power-play goals and added an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights broke open a tie game with three third-period goals to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Sunday night.
The Minnesota Wild (27-12-4) are back in action tonight after their 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. They face the Vegas Golden Knights (28-11-3) tonight before hosting the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
Not since the preseason have the Wild had a practice as crowded as the session they held Friday at Tria Rink in St. Paul. “Felt nice,” alternate captain Marcus Foligno said. “Got a bit of a break.” But when it came time to leave for a road trip to Nashville and Colorado,
Kaprizov, who's been out since Dec. 23 with a lower-body injury, joined his first full practice since then on Friday as did defensemen Brock Faber (upper body) and Jared Spurgeon (lower body), according to The Athletic's Michael Russo.
THROUGH GAMES OF SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 2025
Through games of Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025