After recovering from stomach flu, Fleury was the best Wild player on the ice — by far — in lifting the Wild to a 3-1 win over the Sharks.

Kirill Kaprizov last played on Dec. 23, scoring his team-leading 23rd goal of the season in a win over the Chicago Blackhawks. He did not make the team’s post-Christmas trip to Dallas.

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and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night. The Wild, without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov and several other key players, earned their fifth win in six games.

The Minnesota Wild took on the San Jose Sharks for the second time this season on the road in San Jose on Saturday, Jan. 12. It was the first game of the Wild’s back-to-back, and although they looked a bit off the whole game,

Minnesota will continue to be short-handed when it visits the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night for the first game of back-to-back road contests for the Wild. Kirill Kaprizov, who still leads ...

Brock Faber returned for the Minnesota Wild against the Nashville Predators on Saturday night after missing four games because of injury.Faber last played Jan. 7, when he left early in a 6-4 victory over the St.

SAN JOSE — Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves, Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy scored, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night.

in San Jose, California. The Wild’s injury list was the same as the past week, as they remained without Jonas Brodin, Jakub Lauko, Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber, and Jared Spurgeon. The Sharks ...

Marc-Andre Fleury had 36 saves for the Wild in the latest entry of his rollercoaster week. On Tuesday, he came on in relief of Filip Gustavsson in a come-from-behind win over St. Louis. Two nights later, Fleury was so floored by an illness that he could only stay on the team bench for two periods as Gustavsson played, and lost, versus Colorado.

The Minnesota Wild (27-12-4) are back in action tonight after their 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. They face the Vegas Golden Knights (28-11-3) tonight before hosting the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

San Jose Sharks (14-26-6 ... time these teams match up this season. The Sharks won 2-1 in overtime in the last meeting. TOP PERFORMERS: Kirill Marchenko has 18 goals and 30 assists for the ...