PAUL - The Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin will address the media at 11:00 am about Kirill Kaprizov. Kaprizov, 27, missed 12 games with a lower-body injury following the Christmas break.

Wild GM Bill Guerin said Tuesday Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery on a lower body injury and is out at least four weeks.

Wild scoring leader Kirill Kaprizov will be out week-to-week with surgery planned for a lower-body injury. The team’s scoring leader has played the past three games at less full strength. He had sat out 12 games before coming back last Thursday against Utah.

Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery on the lingering lower body injury he recently returned from and will be sidelined for at least a month.

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,

If Kaprizov has surgery this week for a lower-body injury that has been ailing him since December, he would miss six weeks, per sources.

Minnesota Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery on the lingering lower body injury he recently returned from and will be sidelined for at least a month. General Manager Bill Guerin says it’s not season ending,

The Minnesota Wild will have to temporarily find a way to survive without star forward Kirill Kaprizov amid the latest news.