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Kirill Kaprizov, leading scorer for the playoff-hopeful Wild, will miss at least four weeks to have surgery on a lingering lower-body injury, the team said Tuesday.

The Wild have six games left before the two week break. Kaprizov is set to have surgery later this week then will be out a minimum of four weeks. The Wild's next game is the 22nd of February which is 25 days away.

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The Minnesota Wild will have to temporarily find a way to survive without star forward Kirill Kaprizov amid the latest news.

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 ... has come with key players out. Star Kirill Kaprizov is on long-term injured reserve ...

Minnesota Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov will undergo surgery on a lower-body injury that will sideline him for at least four weeks, general manager Bill Guerin announced Tuesday.Kaprizov's injury has been lingering since December.

With a little over a minute left in the second period, Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon made the Wild look silly when he deked Trenin and tied the game with his 18th goal of the season. It came on just the Avalanche's 11th shot on goal in two periods.

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Some of the issues that looked fixed two days ago in a decisive win against the Dallas Stars were again troubling for the Colorado Avalanche in a loss to the Minnesota Wild.

Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored goals 1:35 apart early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in Denver on Monday.

Without Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota played a smart, poised and gutsy game, pulling away in the third for a 3-1 victory at Ball Arena.