Minnesota will continue to be short-handed when it visits the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night for the first game of back-to-back road contests for the Wild.

Kirill Kaprizov last played on Dec. 23, scoring his team-leading 23rd goal of the season in a win over the Chicago Blackhawks. He did not make the team’s post-Christmas trip to Dallas.

After recovering from stomach flu, Fleury was the best Wild player on the ice — by far — in lifting the Wild to a 3-1 win over the Sharks.

Kaprizov (lower body) won't travel with the Wild for their upcoming two-game road trip, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

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The Minnesota Wild placed Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve (LTIR) on Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 23 when he suffered his injury. The move, while removing the Russian forward from the Wild lineup, will also help the team navigate a cap crunch and address its injury-plagued lineup thanks to the cap relief LTIR provides.

The Minnesota Wild took on the San Jose Sharks for the second time this season on the road in San Jose on Saturday, Jan. 12. It was the first game of the Wild’s back-to-back, and although they looked a bit off the whole game,

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves, Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy scored, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night. The Wild, without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov and several other key players, earned their fifth win in six games.

SAN JOSE — Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves, Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy scored, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night.

Kirill Kaprizov and Mikael Granlund will be two of the best players to watch when the Minnesota Wild meet the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose on Saturday, January 11 at 10:00 PM ET. Purchase tickets for this matchup at StubHub!

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