The Minnesota Wild expect star winger Kirill Kaprizov and top center Joel Eriksson Ek to return before the end of the regular season, general manager Bill Guerin told reporters before Sunday's game against the Boston Bruins at the X in St. Paul, Minn.

VANCOUVER ‐ The Wild expected to have to subtract to add to continue to shake up their roster, and that’s exactly how they brought in another forward. They dealt Jakub Lauko, Marat Khusnutdinov and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick Thursday night to Boston for Justin Brazeau ahead of Friday’s NHL trade deadline.

A first-line scoring winger who already clicks with the team is the player the Wild targeted to help with their playoff preparation. That’s why they didn’t make any other additions before the NHL trade deadline expired Friday afternoon,

It was always going to be easy to dunk on the Minnesota Wild at the trade deadline. Short of putting big-money players like Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek on LTIR, they simply didn't have the flexibility to grab a big fish like Mikko Rantanen or Brock Nelson or Brock Boeser.

The Wild have to weigh Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek's injury status before taking any big swings at the trade deadline.

On the eve of the NHL trade deadline, the Minnesota Wild made a deal with the Boston Bruins. According to reports, Minnesota is sending forward Marat Khustnidinov and center Jakub Lauko to Boston in exchange for 27-year-old forward Justin Brazeau.

The Minnesota Wild have acquired Justin Brazeau from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Marat Khustnidinov, Jakub Lauko, and a 2026 6th-round pick. Currently

That's Wild Before their grinding 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins, the Minnesota Wild were not having a fun time. Without Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek, it felt like the dynamism and heartbeat of the team was missing.

The Bruins played without captain Brad Marchand, who left with an upper-body injury in Saturday's victory over Pittsburgh.

The Wild picked up a much-needed 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins Sunday afternoon during a brief return to Minnesota before hitting the road yet again Monday for a two-game road trip to Seattle and Vancouver.

Add in Kirill Kaprizov’s ongoing recovery from surgery on his lower-body injury, and the Wild are now without their do-it-all specialist in addition to their leading scorer.