The Wild held two separate leads before falling to Connor McDavid and the Oilers, losing Marcus Johansson along 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.
The infraction did not result in a penalty during the game, nor any response from NHL Player Safety afterward.
Dylan Guenther, who scored both of Utah’s goals on Dec. 20, is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. Mikhail Sergachev, who had three assists in those two games, is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury. It’s unclear whether he’ll be ready to play Thursday.
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.
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.
According to The Athletic’s Michael Russo, the Wild placed Marcus Johansson on injured reserve Thursday and will miss at least a week.
The Minnesota Wild aren’t happy with their recent 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, but they’re even more upset that they may be without a key forward after a qu
Johansson has been put on injured reserve Thursday. It's suspected that he's dealing with a concussion, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports. Johansson was injured during Wednesday's 5-3 loss to Edmonton by an elbow from Connor McDavid.
See the injury report for the Minnesota Wild (28-15-4), which currently has five players listed (including Kirill Kaprizov), as the Wild prepare for their matchup against the Utah Hockey Club
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid believes the NHL might have been a bit excessive in issuing him a three-game suspension for cross-checking