Mats Zuccarello

NHL Game Recap: Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | 01/18/2024

After an important home win on Monday night, the Minnesota Wild lost 7-3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on the road. While the first two periods remained close, the Lightning ran away with it in the third period. Quick Recap Final Score: 7-3 Tampa Bay PIMS: 18 minutes combined Shots on goal: 38-33 Tampa Bay […]

NHL Series Recap: Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild | 01/08-01/10/2024

On Monday night, the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild kicked off a home-and-home series at the Xcel Energy Center. The Stars visited the Wild first, and then the former returned to the American Airlines Center to host the latter. After the series, Dallas…, while Minnesota… Read on for further details. Monday, January 8 at 7:00 […]

Game Recap: Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames | 01/02/2024

The Minnesota Wild lost to the Calgary Flames at home 3-1 during Tuesday’s game. The Wild battled hard, but their depleted lineup was not able to get the offensive push that they needed to beat the Flames. Quick Recap Final Score: 3-1 Flames PIMS: 12 minutes combined, despite plenty of physicality and scrums Shots on […]

Just In: More Injuries Ahead for the MN Wild?

A few signs this morning point to more potential injuries to be announced for Minnesota Wild players. Injuries for Wild Players Today, the Wild canceled team practice for the day with short notice. As a result, the only players on the ice were Jon Merrill, who has been a healthy scratch, Zane McIntyre, who has […]

More Injuries for Banged-Up Minnesota Wild

This afternoon, the Minnesota Wild announced that they have put forward Vinni Lettieri on injured reserve and are calling up forward Sammy Walker from their AHL team, the Iowa Wild. Lettieri has a lower-body injury. Walker, a Minnesota native, has appeared in two games with the Minnesota Wild this season. He’s played 28 games with […]

BREAKING: Wild Goalie on IR/Forward Out 1-2 Weeks

After a tough home-and-home series against the Winnipeg Jets that saw multiple Minnesota Wild players leave with injuries, it was announced today that goalie Filip Gustavsson has been placed on Injured Reserve with a lower-body injury. Superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov will also be out for 1-2 weeks. During the Saturday game in Winnipeg, Gustavsson started […]

Game Recap: Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets | 12/31/23

After a tough loss in Winnipeg, the Minnesota Wild played the Winnipeg Jets once more in a back-to-back, home-and-home weekend series. The Wild looked much better during this game, with a noticeable increase in energy right at puck drop. That may have come from this game being Marc-Andre Fleury’s 1000th game. After an unexpected injury […]

Wild Recall Another Forward From Iowa

General Manager Bill Guerin announced this afternoon that the Wild have recalled forward Jake Lucchini from their AHL affiliate team, the Iowa Wild. This was done under emergency conditions. The left-shot skater is on a one-year, two-way contract with the Wild that he signed on July 1, 2023. This season, Lucchini has put up 20 […]

BREAKING: Wild Place Forward on LTIR

After the Minnesota Wild’s big overtime win against the Boston Bruins last night, they’ve shown that they can play decently without the injured players. However, this afternoon, the Wild unexpectedly announced that they were placing Mats Zuccarello on Long Term Injured Reserve. While Zuccarello traveled with the team on their back-to-back road trip, he was […]

MN Wild Win Despite Injury Setbacks

The Minnesota Wild started their game against the Calgary Flames already at a disadvantage. With two of their best defensemen out with injury, they would have to rely heavily on Jake Middleton, a surprise on the first pairing, and Brock Faber, a rookie. Add to that the firing of the Wild’s Assistant General Manager along […]