Yakov Trenin fought L'Heureux while Marcus Foligno fought Luke Schenn two minutes into the game. Ryan Hartman joined in on the action, fighting Mark Jankowski a few minutes later. It was a busy penalty box at Bridgestone Arena Saturday night.

The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators presumably met up for a hockey game on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. However, spectators might be excused for thinking they had tickets for a boxing or UFC event instead.

The word “blockbuster” gets thrown around a little too often in today’s NHL, often for trades unworthy of the term, in the same way that anything might feel like a five-star meal to a starving man. But the deal that dropped on Friday night? That one deserves the title, no questions asked.

Spurgeon scored a goal on three shots in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks. Spurgeon has two points over three games since he returned from a lower-body injury. The defenseman was able to get a bit of a breather in this contest since the Wild controlled play well,

The Minnesota Wild are set to receive a huge boost in their upcoming game against the Utah Hockey Club. Following multiple weeks of absence due to injury, the W

The Minnesota Wild have activated star Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon from injured reserve to put two integral players back in the lineup.

Kirill Kaprizov will return to the lineup for the Minnesota Wild against the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+). The forward has missed the past 12 games because of a lower-body injury that was considered day to day.

PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) have been without captain Jared Spurgeon since December 31st. He is set to return tonight against the Utah Hockey Club (20-19-7). Related:

The Wild brought a 14-3-1 record on Hockey Day Minnesota into Saturday’s game versus Calgary. Hockey Day Minnesota will stay in the Twin Cities’ outer ring suburbs a year from now, with the outdoor rink at the United Heroes League complex in Hastings hosting dozens of outdoor games over the course of a few days in January.

Filip Forsberg scored twice to extend his goals streak to seven games, Fedor Svechkov broke a tie on a power-play midway through the third period and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

The Minnesota Wild activated star Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon from injured reserve to put two integral players back in the lineup. Kaprizov missed 12 games with a lower-body

Given that the Minnesota Wild are expected to activate forward Kirill Kaprizov and defenseman Jared Spurgeon before tomorrow’s game against the Utah Hockey Club, at least one player needed to come off the roster.