Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon is expected to miss two to three weeks with an apparent right leg injury.

The Minnesota Wild continue to deal with injuries and different levels of inability so more roster shuffling is on the way.

The Minnesota Wild have had bad luck with injuries recently. Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, and Jacob Middleton headline the list of players who have missed time for a team with contending aspirations.

Captain Jared Spurgeon has avoided serious injury and will only miss two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, Wild hockey boss Bill Guerin told reporters Thursday.

The Wild will be without defenseman Jared Spurgeon for two to three weeks due to a lower-body injury, Minnesota president of hockey operations Bill Guerin told reporters Thursday. The team's captain suffered an apparent right leg injury Tuesday when he was slew-footed by Nashville rookie forward Zachary L'Heureux and rammed feet-first into the boards.

ST. PAUL - Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon suffered a bad leg injury in the second period against the Nashville Predators. The Wild, who are already without Kirill Kaprizov, Jake Middleton, and Jakub Lauko, will now likely be without their captain for quite some time.

Coach John Hynes called it a “cheap hit” and “undisciplined” play, but didn’t have an official update on Spurgeon after the game. The NHL Department of Player Safety will surely look at the hit, which drew L’Heureux a match penalty. “It didn’t look good,” Hynes said.

General manager Bill Guerin called Spurgeon “week to week” without going into further specifics about the injury other than confirming surgery will not be required.

As expected, the Minnesota Wild have placed defenseman and captain Jared Spurgeon on injured reserve considering he’s likely to miss the next two to three weeks with a lower-body injury.