Some of the issues that looked fixed two days ago in a decisive win against the Dallas Stars were again troubling for the Colorado Avalanche in a loss to the Minnesota Wild.

The Wild are bringing Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon back from injuries as the NHL season reaches the home stretch.

With a little over a minute left in the second period, Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon made the Wild look silly when he deked Trenin and tied the game with his 18th goal of the season. It came on just the Avalanche's 11th shot on goal in two periods.

Ryan Boulding: Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin is ... to determine if he’s good to go against the Hurricanes. Kaprizov has been out for 12 games with a lower-body injury.

Missing this many games all but eliminates him from contention no matter how well he has played or how much he has produced this season.

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Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored goals 1:35 apart early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in Denver on Monday.

Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday ... including captain Jared Spurgeon and leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota played a solid road game after ...

Kaprizov has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury that has required lots of treatments and pushed-back timetables.

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MTL: Slafkovsky has registered three goals and two assists in his last five outings. Along with his linemates Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki, the trio have combined for 10 points over their last two games.