If Kaprizov has surgery this week for a lower-body injury that has been ailing him since December, he would miss six weeks, per sources.

Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery on the lingering lower-body injury he recently returned from and will be sidelined for at least a month. General manager Bill Guerin said during practice on Tuesday that Kaprizov is expected to be back with the team later this season,

We’ve had a lot of injuries all year, to multiple different guys,” head coach John Hynes said, to the media gathered at Scotiabank Arena. “The good thing for us is we know who we are as a