The Blackhawks, who have won just once in their past seven games, dealt away Taylor Hall.

The Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames met for the second time this season on Saturday evening, Jan. 25, and both teams were on the first game of back-to-backs.

The Minnesota Wild hosted the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, in their third meeting of the season. After being injured, they welcomed Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon back to the lineup,

It has been two months since we did a Wild mailbag and several months since we did an ‘Ask Russo and Smith’ mailbag, but with Joe back on the clock, there’s no better time to answer many of your questions.

Shifts to IR

Brodin (lower body) will not join the Wild for their two-game road trip, Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports Friday.

Without Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota played a smart, poised and gutsy game, pulling away in the third for a 3-1 victory at Ball Arena.

Brock Faber (upper body) will also remain sidelined against the Oilers, so Travis Dermott and David Jiricek should continue to see time in the lineup. Brodin's next chance to return will be against the Predators on Saturday.

Despite Thursday’s tough outcome, Wild players were thrilled to have their captain and star forward back in the lineup.

The BriefThe Minnesota Wild lost to the Utah Hockey Club 4-0 Thursday night in the return of Kirill Kaprizov and Jared SpurgeonThe Wild has now lost 3 straight home games and 4 of their last 5The Wild host Calgary on Saturday before leaving for a 5-game road trip MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon were back in the Minnesota

The Flames may not be the highest-scoring team in the NHL, but they can score goals tonight against the Wild, as our expert NHL predictions explain.

All the Wild had to do was copy and paste the defensive effort that stalled Colorado the previous game. After all, if that strategy was good enough to limit one of the highest-scoring offenses in the NHL to one goal,