PAUL - The Minnesota Wild will be without their star forward Kirill Kaprizov for a good stretch of time. He missed practice on Tuesday after playing in the last three games. He had two assists in those three games but was feeling uncomfortable,

Kirill Kaprizov will have surgery and be out a minimum of four weeks for the Minnesota Wild because of a lower-body injury.

Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov will undergo surgery for a lower-body injury and is expected to be out week-to-week, general manager Bill Guerin announced Tuesday. The surgery addresses an issue that has lingered since December, forcing Kaprizov to miss 12 games earlier this season.