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The Minnesota Wild placed Kirill Kaprizov on long-term injured reserve (LTIR) on Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 23 when he suffered his injury. The move, while removing the Russian forward from the Wild lineup, will also help the team navigate a cap crunch and address its injury-plagued lineup thanks to the cap relief LTIR provides.

Despite some titans out of their lineup, the Wild defeated the Hurricanes 4-0 and have now won five of their past six games.

The short-handed Wild won their third consecutive game despite missing leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov (sidelined for a fifth ... best start through 40 games in franchise history. Hurricanes: Carolina managed only one shot in the first 12 minutes, which ...

The move was necessary to make the call-ups needed to have a full roster. It's retroactive, so Kaprizov can return whenever he's ready.

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The Wild knew they would have a tough test against the Hurricanes but found a way to be successful on special teams and come out with the win.

The Carolina Hurricanes return home for the first time since last year as they look to take on the Minnesota Wild (24-11-4) tonight. Carolina is coming off of a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday and it seems like the team is starting to really get their feet back under them after a rocky November/December.

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The Carolina Hurricanes return home for the ... has gotten the shorter end of that stick with top forward Kirill Kaprizov and top defenseman and captain Jared Spurgeon only a few of the players ...