ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players, leaving them out of the lineup for their game against Colorado on Thursday night.
Brodin's status is day by day. He has a lower-body injury from blocking a shot late in Tuesday night's 6-4 win over St. Louis. Wild coach John Hynes had no update after the team's morning skate Thursday on the timeline for the return of Faber, who has an upper-body injury from an elbow he sustained at the end of his first shift from Blues forward Jake Neighbors.
The Wild were already missing captain Jared Spurgeon (lower body), who is expected to miss another week or two after suffering a hit from Nashville forward Zachary L'Heureux in their Dec. 31 game. That leaves Minnesota without three of its top four defenders. Jake Middleton just returned from a 10-game layoff with an upper-body injury.
The Wild were also without star left wing Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), who missed his seventh straight game on Thursday. Kaprizov, who ranks fourth in the NHL with 23 goals and ninth in the league with 50 points, skated the last two days and could return soon.
