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.

It has been two months since we did a Wild mailbag and several months since we did an ‘Ask Russo and Smith’ mailbag, but with Joe back on the clock, there’s no better time to answer many of your questions.

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.

The Minnesota Wild (27-15-4) are back in action tonight for one more game on the road before they return home. They will face the Colorado Avalanche (28-18-1) today for a 2:00 p.m. central time start.

John Hynes worked overtime in the offseason to create depth and condition the Minnesota Wild, which has helped the team rank third in the Western Conference despite an onslaught of injuries. However,

The Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers met for the third time this season on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and the second time in St. Paul. The Wild were still missing Kirill Kaprizov, Jakub Lauko, Jonas Brodin,

L'Heureux was called for a slew-foot on Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon, who suffered an injury on the play and has missed the past eight games. L'Heureux was suspended three games for the play ...

After L'Heureux slew-footed Jared Spurgeon, sidelining the Wild captain, payback was expected in the rematch — and it came early.

David Jiricek scored for the Wild early in a fight-filled opening period, but they struggled to find other offense until Nashville had taken a comfortable lead, losing their third consecutive game.

I’m excited. I feel good. It obviously sucks being hurt. First time in a really long time that I’ve had to miss games,” said Brock Faber, who suffered an upper body injury early in a Jan. 7 home

DENVER (AP) — Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for Minnesota.

Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon is still injured after getting slew-footed by Nashville Predators forward Zach L'Heureux on New Year's Eve. The Wild players haven't forgotten about that ...