Some of the issues that looked fixed two days ago in a decisive win against the Dallas Stars were again troubling for the Colorado Avalanche in a loss to the Minnesota Wild.

The Wild are bringing Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon back from injuries as the NHL season reaches the home stretch.

With a little over a minute left in the second period, Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon made the Wild look silly when he deked Trenin and tied the game with his 18th goal of the season. It came on just the Avalanche's 11th shot on goal in two periods.

Ryan Boulding: Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin is ... to determine if he’s good to go against the Hurricanes. Kaprizov has been out for 12 games with a lower-body injury.

Missing this many games all but eliminates him from contention no matter how well he has played or how much he has produced this season.

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Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday ... including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota played a solid road game after ...

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Colorado Avalanche had a chance ... MVP candidate Kirill Kaprizov, and two of their three best defensemen (Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin) in ...

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 ... has come with key players out. Star Kirill Kaprizov is on long-term injured reserve ...

Mark Scheifele has been held scoreless for four straight games, but our NHL player prop picks for January 26 expect that to change tonight.

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