I’m excited. I feel good. It obviously sucks being hurt. First time in a really long time that I’ve had to miss games,” said Brock Faber, who suffered an upper body injury early in a Jan. 7 home

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.

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.

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

Welcome to the NHL Buzz. Each day during the regular season, NHL.com has you covered with all the latest news. Brock Faber will return to the lineup when the Wild visit the Nashville Predators on Saturday (8 p.

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

Read more » pic.twitter.com/Jd550RhPDz Kaprizov, who's been out since Dec. 23 with a lower-body injury, joined his first full practice since then on Friday as did defensemen Brock Faber (upper body) and Jared Spurgeon (lower body),