Case in point: Sunday’s goal in Vegas. He was on a two-on-one with Freddy Gaudreau. Hartman appeared to look over to Gaudreau as if to pass, but then he fired a great wrist shot and beat goalie Adin Hill glove-side.

I think the guys have really bought in and understand that we have to play a really strong team game,” said coach John Hynes. “When you have players out, then it’s incumbent on the guys that are

Hartman notched two assists and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Blues. Hartman is rounding into form with five points over his last four outings following a brutal 18-game slump. The 30-year-old has benefited from top-six minutes in that span,

Marcus Johansson is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but the Minnesota Wild should trade the veteran forward before then.

Kaprizov (lower body) won't travel with the Wild for their upcoming two-game road trip, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports. Although Kaprizov has appeared to trend in the right direction in his recovery recently,

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.

Kaprizov (lower body) was placed on long-term injured reserve Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 23. Kaprizov is eligible to return Saturday versus the Predators. The 27-year-old winger's move to LTIR is a cap-related transaction,

In the world of cosmic good timing, what better place than Music City for the Minnesota Wild to be at least starting the process of getting the band back together? Not everyone will be ready to play the Nashville Predators on Saturday,

The Wild fell 4-1 in Vegas, but Gustavsson's play was encouraging. Bill Guerin had an update on Kirill Kaprizov's return.

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 for their seventh win in eight games.