Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday.

The Minnesota Wild are trying to hang onto their spot near the top of the NHL standings, and on Friday they revealed the reinforcements are on the way.

The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) host the Utah Hockey Club (20-19-7) during Thursday’s NHL schedule, starting at 8:00 PM ET at Xcel Energy Center and broadcast on ESPN+. The Wild sit in fourth place and the Utah Hockey Club are 11th in the Western Conference.

Minnesota Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek smiled when asked about two of his longtime teammates returning from injuries this week.

The Minnesota Wild had a big game circled against the Nashville Predators and revenge for Jared Spurgeon's injury was on their mind.

The Minnesota Wild have gone through some rough games these past weeks, and missing key pieces in their lineup hasn’t helped. It’s been the theme all season that despite those injuries, they keep working hard and can win even if they don’t have their normal lineup.

The NFL’s Tennessee Titans didn’t sniff the playoffs this season, going a woeful 3-14, which included a loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 11. And still, Nashville Predators coach Andrew Brunette admitted seeing some long faces at the team’s practice last Tuesday,

After his picture-perfect pass was hauled to the net by Teddy Stiga to seal a gold medal with a golden goal, relief washed over Zeev Buium. Not elation or even fatigue, which would have been understandable since the defenseman had just skated nearly 28 minutes — more than anyone else — at the end of a seven-game tournament.

Articles and videos about Wild ‘cautiously optimistic’ Kaprizov, Spurgeon return Thursday on FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Given that the Minnesota Wild are expected to activate forward Kirill Kaprizov and defenseman Jared Spurgeon before tomorrow’s game against the Utah Hockey Club, at least one player needed to come off the roster.

The Minnesota Wild rely heavily on second-year defenseman Brock Faber. A finalist for the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie last year, the Wild defender