Key injury list grows with defenders Brodin and Faber set to play against Avalanche

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players, leaving them out of the lineup for Thursday’s game against Colorado.

Brodin’s situation is day to day. He suffered a lower body injury after blocking a shot late in the 6-4 win over St. Louis on Tuesday evening. After the Wild’s Thursday morning practice, Wild coach John Hynes did not receive any update on a timetable for the return of Faber, who suffered an upper-body injury as a result of the elbow he suffered from Blues forward Jake Neighbors at the end of his first shift.

The Wild were already missing captain Jared Spurgeon (lower torso), who will be sidelined for another week or two after hitting Nashville forward Zachary L’Heureux on Dec. 31 against Nashville. That leaves Minnesota without three players from its top four defensemen. Jake Middleton just returned from a 10-game absence with an upper-body injury.

The Wild also was without star left winger Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), who missed his seventh straight game on Thursday. Kaprizov, who ranks fourth in the NHL with 23 goals and ninth in the league with 50 points, has been skating the past two days and could return soon.