The Hockey News' Minnesota Wild Weekly Recap: Jan. 1-7

Zuccarello activated from injured reserve

The Minnesota Wild (17-17-4) saw their losing streak extended to four games after a pair of home losses to the Calgary Flames (3-1) and Tampa Bay Lightning (4-1) on Tuesday and Thursday.

But the Wild rebounded on Saturday in their 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Blue Jackets in Columbus — which gave Marc-Andre Fleury his 551st career win, tying Patrick Roy for second all-time in regular-season victories.

The Wild have a home-and-home against the Dallas Stars on Monday and Wednesday before a pair of home contests against the Philadelphia Flyers and Arizona Coyotes on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Here are the Wild's top-five scoring leaders through 38 games:

Goals: Joel Eriksson Ek (15), Kirill Kaprizov (13), Matt Boldy (13), Marco Rossi (12) & Ryan Hartman (11).

Assists: Mats Zuccarello (23), Kaprizov (21), Brock Faber (17), Marcus Johansson (16) & Rossi (12)

Points: Kaprizov (34), Zuccarello (29), Eriksson Ek (26), Boldy (24) & Rossi (24)

Here's the most important news you may have missed from this past week:

• Jan. 6 — Marc-Andre Fleury ties Patrick Roy at 551 wins for second all-time in Wild's 4-3 victory over the Blue Jackets. Read more here

• Jan. 6 — Mats Zuccarello returns after missing nine games with upper-body injury. Read more here

• Jan. 6 — Wild activate Zuccarello from injured reserve. Read more here

• Jan. 6 — Wild reassign Sammy Walker to the Iowa Wild, recall Adam Raska. Read more here

• Jan. 5 — 'There's a possibility for that': Jesper Wallstedt could be on his way to Minnesota. Read more here

• Jan. 5 — Twin Cities to host 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship. Read more here

• Jan. 4 — 'It comes down to the execution': Wild fall 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning as losing streak persists. Read more here

• Jan. 4 — Three takeaways from Wild's 4-1 loss to the Lightning. Read more here

• Jan. 4 — Kirill Kaprizov set to represent Wild in 2024 NHL All-Star Game. Read more here

• Jan. 4 — Wild prospect Riley Heidt continues red-hot start, named WHL Player of the Month. Read more here

• Jan. 4 — Jared Spurgeon joins four others on injured reserve: What does this mean for the Wild? Read more here

• Jan. 2 — Wild fall 3-1 to the Flames for third loss in a row. Read more here

• Jan. 2 — Wild place Filip Gustavsson on injured reserve, Kaprizov out week-to-week. Read more here