MN Wild Lose Talented Youngster to Injury… Hynes Hopeful

The Minnesota Wild are back on the ice out East Monday evening against the New York Rangers, the third leg of a four game swing through the Metro division that has not been kind to our favorite NHL team through two games.

Unfortunately, they will have to figure out how to turn things around without top six centerman, Marco Rossi, who was not on the ice in New York today for Minnesota’s morning skate. Taking his place on the second line was Ryan Hartman, who was centering Johansson and Tarasenko.

With Rossi out, the Wild will keep Kaprizov and Boldy together on the top line, centered by Eriksson Ek. Russian Rookie Danila Yurov will center the third line, between Foligno and Hinostroza, according to who Joe Smith (The Athletic) reported was on the ice together at Monday’s practice.

Minnesota Wild give update on Marco Rossi injury

After the skating session, MN Wild head coach John Hynes revealed to reporters that Marco suffered a lower-body injury blocking a shot in the 3rd period Saturday vs Philly. Thankfully, Hynes seems hopeful Rossi’s time out of the Wild lineup will be short-lived.

Marco Rossi's streak of 173 consecutive games, which led active #mnwild players, will end tonight. He'll be out vs. the Rangers with a lower-body injury, coach John Hynes said, from a shot block Saturday in Philadelphia. Zach Bogosian (lower body) also remains out.

— Sarah McLellan (@sarah__mclellan) October 20, 2025

No matter what you think about Marco Rossi (I’m talking to you, Bill Guerin), but the Minnesota Wild need him — and anyone else with a lick of offensive talent — to be fully available so they can pull themselves out of this early-season swoon they’ve become stuck in.

How bad is it? In their past three games, the Wild have scored a total of four goals. During the first two games of their East Coast swing, not only did Minnesota only score two total goals… but they fired just 30 total shots on net — 14 vs the Caps and 16 vs the Flyers.

Wild need Rossi… and any other offense they can find

In six games this season — fresh off signing an offseason extension that took years to iron out — Marco Rossi has collected five points (1 goal and 4 assists), helping to account for exactly one quarter of the MN Wild’s offensive production (20 goals). So making up his 18:07 TOI won’t be easy.

Marco Rossi forecheck pic.twitter.com/8HAOQyd0Xt

— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) October 14, 2025

Let’s just pray that the MN Wild can pull out a gritty victory tonight in Madison Square Garden, and that Rossi returns to a lineup with a bit of momentum on Wednesday in New Jersey. Anything short of that would be worrisome.