The Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche for their first season meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 9. The Wild were still without Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon, and Jakub Lauko.

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 ... injury and defensemen Jonas ...

Without Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon ... play of Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood. What stood out about this performance, too, is that after Colorado tied it up ...

Wild: Without some key players, including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer ... They improved to an NHL-best 17-5-3 on the road. Avalanche: Colorado continued to struggle on the power ...

Spurgeon recorded two even-strength assists Saturday in a 6-3 win over the Islanders.

Following multiple weeks of absence due to injury, the Wild announced that star forward Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon ... the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche in the Central ...

Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 ... including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill ...

The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) walked away with an impressive road win over the Colorado Avalanche ... He is playing very well right now without Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin in the lineup.