When the Seattle Kraken play host to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night, the first 10,000 fans will receive a Philipp Grubauer bobblehead. Grubauer will be in the building as well, which wasn't necessarily guaranteed.

The injury-thinned Minnesota Wild could use a boost in their push to return to the playoffs, with their margin for making it slimmed down following a strong start. With the NHL trade deadline approaching this Friday, the Wild more than likely will have to find that spark from within.

When the season began, the Minnesota Wild dreamt of the situation they’re in right now. Coming off missing the playoffs for the third time in the past 12 seasons, the Wild are eight points ahead of the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference and look like a virtual lock to return to the

The Minnesota Wild continue to deal with injuries and forward Brendan Gaunce has been recalled to take a roster spot.

Captain Clayton Keller had a career high and franchise record five points, a career-high four assists, and six different players scored as Utah tied its season-high for goals in a game with a 6-1 rout of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. It was Utah's third straight win against Minnesota this season.

Center Joel Eriksson Ek, one of the team's best forwards, suffered a serious injury in practice on Monday, according to The Athletic 's Michael Russo. He's been placed on injured reserve, which means he has to miss at least the next four games, but Russo says he hears the absence is going to be "a lot longer" than that.

In the past few days, the top defensive pairing of the New York Rangers has completely changed due to an injury and a trade.

The Utah Hockey Club hopes to make it four straight wins when the New Jersey Devils visit Salt Lake City on Saturday night. Utah began play Friday 10th in the Western Conference and two points back of the Vancouver Canucks in the wild-card race.

Clayton Keller had 5 points and has four goals and six assists in four games against the Wild since not making USA’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster (Wild president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Guerin was the GM).

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The Wild (34-22-4), who have lost three in a row in regulation, allowed two more power-play goals (the second into an empty netl) in a 5-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Friday.