Just when things were looking up for Kirill Kaprizov's health, the Minnesota Wild announced that he would be undergoing surgery on Tuesday. The star forward missed practice after talk within the organization as to whether he would need surgery rumbled over the last several days.

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.

The Wild's Kirill Kaprizov will be sidelined a minimum of four weeks after surgery planned for a lower-body injury, Bill Guerin said. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)