The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players, leaving them out of the lineup for the game against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players and left them out of the lineup for their game against Colorado

A nearly three-minute shift after already skating half the game sounds exhausting, and getting pelted by the puck on the right skate looked painful. But how did Jonas Brodin feel? Like he was having a ball.

The Minnesota Wild wouldn’t need much time to identify a theme for their first half of the regular season — unfazed ought to do it.

The Minnesota Wild open the second half of their season Thursday banged up, but winning anyway. The big picture: Despite a revolving door of injuries to key players in December, Minnesota kept pace with the league's best.

The Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues met for the third time this season and the first time in St. Paul on Tuesday evening, Jan. 7. The Wild had a boost to their lineup once again as Jake Middleton rejoined the roster after missing the past 11 games but they were still without Kirill Kaprizov,