Wild center Marco Rossi, left, congratulates teammate Matt Boldy on his go-ahead goal in the second period against Washington on Thursday. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

to see John Hynes update Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek’s injury status The Wild would benefit from containing Ovechkin and his NHL-leading Capitals to protect their own playoff position.

If Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek return, the Wild’s lone missing player will be defenseman Jake Middleton, who is day to day.

The scoring punch the Minnesota Wild have been sorely lacking made a timely and triumphant appearance following the long-awaited return of vital forwards Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov from thei ...

Minnesota Wild star forwards Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek took ... The Wild (40-27-5) host Alex Ovechkin and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals (47-15-9) on Thursday night.

Forwards Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek participated ... Minnesota has a tough stretch ahead with a game against Alex Ovechkin's Washington Capitals on Thursday and then a home-and-home ...