Stack Another Key MN Wild Injury on Top of the 2024-25 Pile

The Minnesota Wild ended their brutal streak of six-straight games without a win in regulation on Monday night, with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Their only other points during this depressing span came in a 2-1 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche last Wednesday.

Of course the Wild have more legitimate injury excuses for their recent ride on the struggle bus than any other team in the NHL. They’re missing the best center on their team, who doubles as the heart and soul of the locker room, in Joel Eriksson Ek.

They’ve also been without one of the best and most consistent defensemen in the NHL over the past decade, in Jonas Brodin, who has been out of the lineup since February 28, with a lower-body injury.

Then, of course, there’s the injury to superstar Kirill Kaprizov. His lower-body injury has kept him out of the Wild lineup for all but four games, since December 23. But the hockey gods refuse to give the Minnesota Wild a break on the injury front.

Marcus Foligno joins devastating list of Wild injuries

Late Monday afternoon, just before their game against the Kings, the Wild PR account on X announced the news that the Wild’s other assistant captain, Marcus Foligno, would miss tonight’s Western Conference showdown with an upper-body injury.

Injury Update: #mnwild forward Marcus Foligno (upper body) will not play tonight.

— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) March 17, 2025

It’s difficult to be surprised by any Minnesota Wild injury news, at this point in the season. Reporters arriving for morning skate or for warm-ups, just to have a random player not be on the ice, has become pretty much commonplace at TRIA Rink and Xcel Energy Center this season.

On the season, Marcus Foligno has 11 goals and 11 assists in 67 games played. Outside of this injury, he’s been one of the most reliable players on roster, when it comes to availability. Still, Foligno has been a far cry from the player he was in 2022-23, when he scored a career-high 42 points (23 goals), which earned him a contract extension that offseason that he has yet to live up to.

Update on other Minnesota Wild injuries

After a brief four-game return to the lineup at the end of January, Kirill Kaprizov left for good on January 26, and has yet to return. The 27-year-old Russian phenom then underwent surgery on his lower-body injury, and has yet to resume skating.

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The Minnesota Wild are 8-8-1 since their superstar last saw the ice, including losses in 7 of their last 10 games. Joel Eriksson Ek’s most recent injury updates haven’t been of the positive variety either, as he too has yet to start skating.

Thankfully, Jonas Brodin has been on the ice working out individually for the past week or more and his return — according to Michael Russo (The Athletic) — is imminent, maybe even this week.