Coming off one of their most exciting wins of the season Saturday afternoon in Detroit, the Minnesota Wild are officially in the stretch drive with the March 7 trade deadline right around the corner and 25 games left in their season — 15 of which come at home.

Kirill Kaprizov, arguably the team’s best player, suffered a lower-body injury that required surgery in late January and while he was initially expected to miss around a month, that timeline has changed.

The Minnesota Wild revealed some updated injury news regarding one of their star players. Wild General Manager Bill Guerin gave an updated on the timeline of the Kirill Kaprizov injury.

ST. PAUL - Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin said on KFAN Radio on Friday that Kirill Kaprizov is likely going to be out longer than expected.