The Minnesota Wild are trying to hang onto their spot near the top of the NHL standings, and on Friday they revealed the reinforcements are on the way.

Wild forward Marcus Johansson left the game against the Oilers with an upper-body injury. ST. PAUL - The injuries just keep coming for the Wild. Marcus Johansson was the latest Wild player to get hurt. It came at the end of the second period. Johansson, 34, has played in 44 of the team's 45 games this year. He has five goals and 16 points.

Wild head coach John Hynes was pretty frustrated after the game about the non-call on McDavid's elbow. He didn't even want to give us an explanation or what the referee's told him.

The Minnesota Wild added center Marcus Johansson to the injured reserve Thursday per The Athletic’s Michael Russo, who adds that Johansson is believed to have suffered a concussion.

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Kaprizov, who's been out since Dec. 23 with a lower-body injury, joined his first full practice since then on Friday as did defensemen Brock Faber (upper body) and Jared Spurgeon (lower body), according to The Athletic's Michael Russo.

Liam Ohgren was recalled from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL). Forward Marcus Johansson has a concussion and has been played on the Injured Reserve. Ohgren, 20, has two goals and five assists in his last three games for the Iowa Wild. He has 12 goals, 11 assists, and 23 points in 25 AHL games this year.

The move was necessary to make the call-ups needed to have a full roster. It's retroactive, so Kaprizov can return whenever he's ready.

Still, Hynes never imagined Kaprizov would be sidelined this long. He was actually placed on long-term injured reserve retroactively to have enough salary-cap space to juggle thei

Kaprizov has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury that has required lots of treatments and pushed-back timetables.

I’m excited. I feel good. It obviously sucks being hurt. First time in a really long time that I’ve had to miss games,” said Brock Faber, who suffered an upper body injury early in a Jan. 7 home