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Oct 15, 2026 4:08 PM
Minnesota’s blue line faces another blow as injury woes mount. With seven players sidelined in seven games, Matt Kiersted joins a depleted defensive corps lacking clear recovery timelines.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The hits keep coming for the Minnesota Wild. At Thursday morning's skate, head coach John Hynes brought a piece of paper into the media room and rattled off all the injured players.
If you are counting at home it is seven players in seven games.
Jared Spurgeon got hurt during the Wild's game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday and did not play in Winnipeg on Tuesday with an upper-body injury.
David Spacek slotted into the lineup to take his place and in the Jets game, Olli Maatta was injured with an upper-body injury. Both Spurgeon and Maatta will be out tonight for the Wild.
Matt Kiersted will enter the lineup tonight for Maatta. Hynes said Thursday moning that Maatta and Spurgeon both have upper-body injuries and do not have a timeline yet.
Tonight's defense corps will be Jonas Brodin, Quinn Hughes, Daemon Hunt, Zach Bogosian, Kiersted and Spacek.
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