Monday: at Vancouver, 9 p.m. (FSN)
The Wild's week ahead
December 18, 2011 at 2:15AM
Tuesday: at Calgary, 8 p.m. (FSN)
Thursday: at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. (FSN)
Player to watch: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers
The No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft at Xcel not only is leading all rookies in scoring, but he's tied for eighth in the NHL with 33 points in 31 games (13 goals).
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« EVERY DAY IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. »
Wild coach Mike Yeo, on being one of
30 NHL head coaches
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Kaprizov is second in the league with 23 goals, but didn't make the trip to Texas because of a lower-body injury.
![Iowa Wild head coach Derek Lalonde in Xcel Energy Center before the Minnesota Wild faced Colorado Tuesday night. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Derek Lalonde was named the fourth head coach in Iowa Wild history in June. He visited St. Paul when the Minnesota Wild played their first home preseason game of the year against the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night, September 27, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/HE5EQY6W2BW2UIHRYTNPMH4QVQ.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)