His last shift, coming with 9:52 left in the first, ended relatively innocently and innocuously. He got tangled with Pavel Buchnevich in the corner, came back to the front of the net with the St. Louis Blues winger and skated slowly to the bench and down the tunnel. Coach John Hynes did not provide an update on Faber after the game.

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Forward Jakub Lauko was activated off the Long-Term Injured Reserve. He practiced with the Wild on Friday and will return from his lower-body injury. Brock Faber will also return. Lauko, 24, missed the last 15 games with his injury. He has two goals, two assists, two fights, and 48 hits in 24 games.

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.

Marc-Andre Fleury came on in relief of Filip Gustavsson in the second period and stopped all 16 shots he faced, including a pair of dramatic sweeping glove saves in the third as St. Louis pushed

Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber was ruled out for the remainder of Tuesday night's game against the St. Louis Blues due to an upper-body injury after leaving the ice slowly during a shift in the first period at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.